STAT NEWS FIRST OPINION By STEFAN G. KERTESZ and KATE M. NICHOLSON APRIL 26, 2019 Declarations from two federal agencies offer hope — and possible action — for people in pain who have lost access to prescribed opioids. These declarations come not a moment too soon for those who have been abandoned by their health…
Opioid Overdoses Drop, But Fentanyl Crisis ‘Likely to Get Worse’
August 30, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor Opioid overdose deaths fell by nearly 5 percent in 25 U.S. states last year, according to a new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — one of the first reports to document a significant decrease in opioid overdoses. The 25 states covered in the…
Government continues persecuting doctors & pain patients to protect drug traffickers & illegal immigration
By: Daniel Horowitz August 29, 2019 We don’t have an opioid crisis in this country, at least not today. We have a sovereignty crisis, which has led to the flooding of this country with drugs more powerful than anything around even 10 years ago – all promoted by the Mexican cartels and the criminal alien…
Letter: Prescriptions aren’t the problem
BILL MURPHY Edward J. Roy Dr. Manchester Aug 29, 2019 Updated Aug 29, 2019 Prescriptions aren’t the problem To the Editor: Doctors “over-prescribing” opioids did not cause our “drug crisis.” In New Hampshire, over 93 percent of the 470 drug overdose deaths in 2018 were caused by illicit drugs: fentanyl, heroin, meth, etc., not prescription…
Government crackdown on prescription opioids leaving chronic sufferers in a world of pain
7.30 By Madeleine Morris Updated Mon at 12:25 am PHOTO: Opioids are used in painkillers such as codeine, oxycontin and fentanyl, among others. (AP: Jessica Hill) Patients using painkillers and doctors prescribing them have been put on notice by the Federal Government, as it tries to head off a US-style opioid epidemic. Key points: A government crackdown on prescription…
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