This has been on the horizon for a while now, but it’s official; according to the CDC, more overdoses in the United States are caused by the opioid fentanyl than by any other drug either legal or illegal. The CDC’s subsidiary, the National Center for Health Statistics, says fentanyl overdoses have gone up by 113% […]
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9 Pain Treatments More Effective than Opioid Pills
The exploding opioid epidemic in the United States has caused many people to become concerned about the pain medications their physicians prescribe for their conditions. Until recently, opioid medications have often been the first choice for managing pain, but in addition to the risk of addiction, and dangerous long term damage these drugs cause to […]