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Managing pain in the age of opioids
The data supporting the use of opioids to treat chronic, non-cancer pain is quite weak,…
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Mind-body therapies alleviate pain in people prescribed opioids
A new study published Nov. 4, 2019, in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine details the…
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Pain relief without opioids
The United States has approximately 5 percent of the world’s population, but accounts for 99…
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Data shows flood of opioids across US, many of them generics
The maker of OxyContin has been cast as the chief villain in the nation’s opioid…
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CBD May Reduce Drug Cravings in People with Heroin Addiction, Small Study Finds
The marijuana compound CBD, or cannabidiol, may help reduce drug cravings in people with heroin…
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Vets Who Get Opioids From VA, Medicare at Higher Overdose Risk
MONDAY, March 11, 2019 — Many military veterans can get prescription opioid painkillers from both…
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