One in three chronic pain sufferers have difficulty getting ongoing opioid prescriptions
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One in fiveAustralians live with chronic pain lasting three months or more.Common causes includeback and neck pain, headache…
One in fiveAustralians live with chronic pain lasting three months or more.Common causes includeback and neck pain, headache…
13 May 2022 Recent measures aimed at curbing opioid overprescribing make it hard for those with chronic pain to get treatment.
Measures to curb growing rates of opioid use are also making it difficult for people with long-term, chronic pain to get…
– By Ria Hopkins, PhD Candidate, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Australians live with chronic pain…
One in five Australians live with chronic pain lasting three months or more. Common causes include back and neck pain, headache…
Shutterstock One in five Australians live with chronic pain lasting three months or more.
One in five Australians live with chronic pain lasting three months or more. Common causes include back and neck pain, headache…
One in five Australians live with chronic pain lasting three months or more. Common causes include back and neck pain, headache…
One in five Australians live with chronic pain lasting three months or more. Common causes include back and neck pain, headache…
Painkillers such as morphine have transformed the way pain can be controlled—but there are drawbacks, not least the risk of…
Painkillers such as morphine have transformed the way pain can be controlled—but there are drawbacks, not least the risk of…
– By Ian Hamilton, Associate Professor, Addiction and Mental Health, University of York Painkillers such as morphine have…
View photos Painkillers such as morphine have transformed the way pain can be controlled – but there are drawbacks, not least…
Painkillers such as morphine have transformed the way pain can be controlled – but there are drawbacks, not least the risk of…
Even though opioids can have benefits for one’s condition, opioid abuse has become an essential crisis in the United States.
Even though opioids can have benefits for one’s condition, opioid abuse has become an essential crisis in the United States.
There are no easy treatment options for people with chronic pain. Opioid painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin can help, but…
In 2014, more Americans died of drug overdoses than any other year on record: more than 47,000 deaths in just one year…
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid narcotic about 100 times as potent as morphine, continues to be in the news, as deaths from…
The powerful opioid is invaluable in surgery and a boon to severe, chronic pain patients, but on the street, it kills.
In 2014, more Americans died of drug overdoses than any other year on record: more than 47,000 deaths in just one year…
Traveling to a region in the throes of a drug abuse crisis, President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to use his bully pulpit…
© Provided by Vox.com On Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced new efforts to address the drug epidemic that has been…
The drug epidemic currently tearing through large parts of the US began with the best intentions.