Interesting article (including prescription drugs) Thanks for posting.
Health/life BUMP!
There are 1.33 million chronic pain patient in the US, their health conditions can’t be cured, Opioids are all they have for any form of life beyond a bed still in pain.
Roughly 16% of drug OD’s are done by those who use script drugs with other agents or get illegal street drugs LACED with Fentanyl that was stolen from a pharmacy by a crook or a crooked employee. There has been a 40% increase in such OD’s.
Then what about that person like my brother who drank himself to death by creating bad health issues, we just buried him 2 weeks ago.
DUMBO ordered the DEA to lower pain meds even for Cancer victims by 75%, doctors are afraid to prescribe pain meds any more.
Doctors are cutting opioids, even if it harms patients
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/02/doctors-curtail-opioids-but-many-see-harm-pain-patients/z4Ci68TePafcD9AcORs04J/story.html
Dr. Tennant. He basically summarized almost everything we have been saying regarding the CDC guidelines. It is very refreshing to read a more balanced view...
https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/treatments/pharmacological/opioids/living-cdc-opioid-guidelines
Opioid Overdose Statistics: As Clear as Mud
https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/12/17/opioid-overdose-statistics-as-clear-as-mud?rq=pain%20statistics