Save Us from the Self-Appointed Experts on Addiction Treatment
(Editor’s note: Percy Menzies, M. Pharm, is president of the Assisted Recovery Centers of America, a treatment program based in St. Louis, Missouri that treats patients…
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Pain Experts Say New Opioid Has ‘Enormous’ Potential
An experimental opioid drug designed to alleviate acute pain without the risk of abuse or addiction has “enormous” potential to treat some types of chronic…
Neurologists: Opioid Risks Outweigh Benefits
A leading U.S. medical organization is urging its members not prescribe opioid painkillers to patients suffering from fibromyalgia, low back pain or headaches, because the…
Pills for Breakfast: Why I Need Hydrocodone
Hello! My name is Crystal Lindell and I’m on opioids — specifically, morphine and hydrocodone. I need these medications on a daily basis to help…
Living with Pain: Prejudice and Mistreatment
There is a steady and continuing drum beat in the press and from researchers and commentators warning of the dangers connected to prescribing and using…
Opioids: A Double-Edged Sword
(Editor’s note: Percy Menzies, M. Pharm, is president of the Assisted Recovery Centers of America, a treatment program based in St. Louis, Missouri that treats…
Chronic Pain Ranked Low as Major Health Problem
Pain may be the number one reason people see their doctors, but according to a national opinion poll, only 18 percent of Americans believe chronic…
Vaccine to Treat Meth Addiction Shows Promising Results
An experimental vaccine that could help treat millions of methamphetamine addicts is showing promising results, according to scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in La…
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