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08/01/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

An eye-opening look at the evolution of medicine: Dangerous substances such as heroin, cocaine, meth, tape worms were once used

While it may be difficult to imagine now, there was a time when heroin was marketed as cough medicine and methamphetamine hydrochloride was a weight loss solution for women. These aren’t the only harmful substances that were used for medicinal purposes, however. Many more so-called cures have come, gone, and become more known for their […]

06/01/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

One more drawback of opioids: Use them too early and the pain gets worse

As stories on the dangers of opioid use continue to come out, researchers have uncovered a potential link between these drugs and increased pain. The findings, presented at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, showed that acute traumatic spinal cord injury patients who’d been prescribed opioids were more likely to feel pain a year […]

05/02/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Use of opioids early in treatment found to make pain worse later in spinal cord injury patients

Researchers from the McGovern Medical School of the University of Texas Health Science Center presented the results of their study on opioid use. They found that prescribing opioids to patients recovering from acute traumatic spinal cord injuries may worsen their pain in the immediate future. The team looked at the data of 180 patients who […]

12/16/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Hospital admits they contributed to the opioid epidemic through unnecessary prescriptions: Now prescriptions are limited and addiction cases are down

In an effort to curb opioid use, the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital implemented the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol in mid-2015. Under this, doctors can no longer impose narcotics on patients with impunity, and must make an effort to find and write prescriptions. Come 2017, and the results can already be seen: […]

10/16/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

New numbers reveal more than 100 KIDS per day being seen in U.S. hospitals with opioid addiction

A new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has cast a grim new light on America’s opioid crisis. The organization found that hospitals in the United States attend more than 100 children and teenagers a day who are already hooked on opioids, reported DailyMail.co.uk. The researchers based this estimate on their retrospective analysis of […]

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