October 23, 2019 Contact: National Media Affairs Office Phone Number: (202) 307-7977. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced proposed regulations to improve DEA’s ability to oversee the production of dangerous drugs at the height of the national opioid crisis. This proposed regulation would further limit excess quantities of medications that might be…
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Epidural Epidemic: Routine Pain Treatment Linked To Potential Complications
By Lisa Sigell November 4, 2015 at 11:15 pm Filed Under: Epidemic, Epidural, Health, Pain, Safety, Treatment LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Back pain: lots of folks have it and can be desperate for relief. But for some people, a common treatment made things a lot worse, and now they’re speaking out. A healthy person cannot imagine…
Opioid Epidemic Prompts Urgent Look at Pain Remedies
By Crime and Justice News Prompted by the opioid epidemic, federal agencies, university researchers, and drug companies, among others, are reexamining chronic pain, hoping to develop new approaches to predicting and preventing an ancient malady that afflicts 50 million adults in the U.S., the Washington Post reports. Finding answers could not be more urgent. The medical blunder of…
The other side of the opioid epidemic: Broken Arrow woman speaks out about chronic pain.
by Haley Hughey, KTUL Staff Tuesday, July 16, 2019 “To view video go to: https://ktul.com/news/local/the-other-side-of-the-opioid-epidemic-broken-arrow-woman-speaks-out-about-chronic-pain“ There’s another side to the epidemic, the people who need pain medicine to stay alive. BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (KTUL) — Right now, a judge is weighing in on Oklahoma’s lawsuit against drug maker Johnson & Johnson. The state is suing for…
How to tackle and advocate for change in the opioid epidemic plaguing the world.
Yesterday (8/30/16) U.S. Pain Foundation posted the following article. With nearly 100 million Americans living with chronic pain, U.S. Pain Foundation understands that every one touched by pain — be those living with it, pain care providers or caregivers — need to be heard. The simple truth is this: people with pain matter, and access…
