A new report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reveals that the rate of deaths which involve prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin have more than tripled in a thirteen year time span between 1999 and 2012. Keeping pace with that opioid painkiller death rate is that of rising heroin-related death, also nearly tripling in the same period of time. Continue reading
Minimizing Painkiller Use Could Decrease Number of Veterans Addicted to Opiates
A recent online Washington Post article cites the American Medical Association data that nearly half of all our combat troops returning to the U.S. from Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from chronic pain. The numbers are double that of the civilian population. Many of these returning veterans have been Continue reading
Statistics Show High Rate of Painkiller Abuse Connected to Disability
Officials in the United States have long known that prescription drug abuse rates are out of control. Millions of Americans are being prescribed powerful opiate drugs by their doctors, and a large percentage of those patients are Continue reading