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10/02/2018 / By Tracey Watson

U.S. hospitals overrun by babies dependent on opioids

Opioids are a class of strong prescription painkillers which are incredibly addictive. Initially prescribed as a pain management tool for cancer sufferers, in the early 1990s drug giant Purdue Pharma started aggressively pitching them to doctors as an effective treatment for chronic pain. In just six years, prescriptions for Purdue’s star product – OxyContin – increased […]

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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