Who is to blame for the opioid epidemic that is currently gripping the nation and taking the lives of 60,000 Americans each year? Most people tend to blame the makers of these drugs, the doctors who prescribe them, and some even fault those who take these medications. However, now a very familiar name has been … Continue reading WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPIOID CRISIS THAT IS NOW KILLING OVER 60,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR AND RISING?
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Despite what Big Pharma says, Opioids do Almost NOTHING to Treat Pain – study
A placebo pill is almost as effective as opioids for killing pain, suggests a new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This is because the physiological pain-killing effects of opioids decrease over time. As the pain-killing effects wane, a larger dose is needed, causing opioid addiction. The researchers warn that this … Continue reading Despite what Big Pharma says, Opioids do Almost NOTHING to Treat Pain – study
Heroin Users Aware of Fentanyl, but at High Risk of Overdosing
Most heroin users in Baltimore, a city heavily affected by the opioid epidemic, recognize that the heroin they buy is now almost always laced with the highly dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. At the same time, the researchers found … Continue reading Heroin Users Aware of Fentanyl, but at High Risk of Overdosing
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OPIOID ADDICTION
Many people use opioids to treat chronic pain. However, when they overuse the drugs, they can become addicted to it. But it is not always easy to tell if someone you know has an addiction to opioids. Recently, researchers from the University of Michigan suggest 11 signs of opioid addiction everyone should know: Taking a … Continue reading WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OPIOID ADDICTION
Kansas Doctor Gets Life in Prison for Selling Opioids that Led to Patient’s Death
Let this sound an alarm to all of you MONSTER DOCTORS who use the trust that your patients have in you to addict and kill them for the sake of GREED! ~NationalAddictionNew.com Steven R. Henson was sentenced to life in prison for unlawfully prescribing and selling medication. A doctor in Kansas was sentenced to life … Continue reading Kansas Doctor Gets Life in Prison for Selling Opioids that Led to Patient’s Death
Number of babies born with syphilis in US hits 20-year high, report finds
Centers for Disease Control recorded 918 cases of syphilis in infants in 2017, a 46% increase on the previous year. The 918 cases of syphilis in infants last year included 64 babies who were stillborn, and 13 who died as infants. Nearly 1,000 babies were born with syphilis in the United States last year – … Continue reading Number of babies born with syphilis in US hits 20-year high, report finds
Tracking heroin: How the deadly drug gets from Mexico to NYC
According to the DEA, Mexico produced some 111 metric tons of heroin in 2017 — 90 percent of which ended up in the US. And the Big Apple is feeling it. In New York City, during 2017, there were 771 fatal overdoses attributed to the drug, up from 561 two years earlier. Nationally in 2017, … Continue reading Tracking heroin: How the deadly drug gets from Mexico to NYC
“I Was One Of The Top Doctors In My Field. I Was Also An Opioid Addict.”
Opioids have become a full-blown national crisis of epidemic proportions, killing 130 people each day. Drug overdose is now the number-one cause of death for Americans under 50. One doctor at the top of her game—who knew the risks better than anyone—almost became another statistic. Alison ran around her palatial six-bedroom house in Georgia on … Continue reading “I Was One Of The Top Doctors In My Field. I Was Also An Opioid Addict.”
After his first overdose, my husband promised it wouldn’t happen again. I believed him
The first time I saved my husband’s life, his face was the color of saturated denim. I found him curled on the floor, body fighting itself. Limbs constricted, shoulders twitching, he snorted desperately as his lungs gasped for oxygen. I yelled his name, shook his arm, slapped his face. The sputtering sound came less often, … Continue reading After his first overdose, my husband promised it wouldn’t happen again. I believed him
When heroin kills, the appeal grows — and policing the drug becomes harder
At the retail end of the global heroin trade, local heroin rings repackage pounds of the drug into single-serve doses and push the product to its final destination: the user. From there, the next stop is often a hospital emergency room or a morgue, as an epidemic of heroin-related overdoses and deaths continues its creep … Continue reading When heroin kills, the appeal grows — and policing the drug becomes harder
