Opioid Addiction Articles & Analysis
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Opioid-related addiction, overdose and death is a widespread public health crisis. ...
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TheCBD-based drug could offer an appealing alternative to addictive opioids and milder painkillers to treat chronic pain. “We see CBD and possibly CBD analogs as giving us a different type of tool that’s not only safer than opioids, but may be more effective because it’s working in a different way,” said Sara Jane Ward, ...
It’s no secret that America — and Philadelphia — is currently in the midst of an opioid epidemic. When a patient is prescribed the pain-relieving drugs, there’s a high chance the patient will struggle with addiction, according the CDC. ...
Brenneman points out that morphine does the job quite well, but because of the addictive quality, and the current opioid epidemic, there are numerous reasons to not use morphine in this context. ...
It’s no secret that opioid addiction is at an all-time high and represents a major public health threat. The CDC estimates that opioid addiction resulted in a record 72,000 drug overdose deaths in 2017 alone. What strikes me as one of the most tragic parts of this narrative is that so many of these deaths were ...
He calls it a pill-free way to reduce inflammation, swelling and subsequent pain. With so much attention on the opioid addiction epidemic, he had been looking for another effective treatment that did not require a prescription pad. ...