Enlarge this image Dillon Katz, at home in Delray Beach, Fla., says recovering drug users in his group counseling meetings frequently used…
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Enlarge this image The HHS inspector general found that some 22,000 Medicare Part D beneficiaries seem to be doctor shopping for opioids…
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Enlarge this image In a new report, the CDC says U.S. doctors are prescribing fewer opioids than they were in 2010, but…
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Doctor Who Wrote 1980 Letter On Painkillers Regrets That It Fed The Opioid Crisis
by NPR June 16, 2017Enlarge this image A 1980 letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine was later widely cited as evidence that long-term…
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Enlarge this image With an opioid addiction crisis that shows no sign of abating, how we describe addiction and dependence matters. Hero…
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Enlarge this image Millennials are more apt to treat low back pain themselves, and with treatments like exercise and massage. Getty Images/iStockphoto…
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Price’s Remarks On Opioid Treatment Were Unscientific And Damaging, Experts Say
by NPR May 16, 2017Enlarge this image Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price contradicted his agency’s online information about the efficacy of medication-assisted treatment…
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Enlarge this image Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price says “We’re losing as a nation,” when it comes to opioid abuse.…