Wounded Vets at Rx Risk: VA Hospitals Overprescribe Addictive Pain-Killers …
Wounded vets at Rx risk: VA hospitals overprescribe addictive pain-killers …
America's military veterans suffering from war wounds and other injuries are often put at risk again during their recuperation by their own doctors who overprescribe pain-killing medicine. In a national crisis that echoes the epidemic among civilians …
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Time to take a role in fight against heroin
You probably know some of their names by now – oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, codeine, methadone and fentanyl just to name a few. These drugs have a recognized and legitimate place in medicine. Heroin does not. However, the relationship …
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Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
Methadone is usually used to treat heroin addiction, and is itself an addictive drug, but it is slow-release. The strategy of the government and … After that, they can continue indefinitely if they prove a medical need. The I-Team dug into the …
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