GlobalHealthNews.com September 6, 2019 Imagine a prescription medication that relieves pain just as well as narcotics like Oxycontin, but isn’t addictive. Too good to be true? Turns out, yes. For years, that was the case with Tramadol, a synthetic opioid drug that was released in 1995 under the brand name Ultram to great expectations. This…
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What exactly is Prialt?
I am involved with several social media groups that are for those with chronic pain, have a pain pump, supporting someone with pain or a pump and more. In these groups the topic of the medications being used has come up quite often lately. I am going to run several post, each with a brief…
What exactly is Fentanyl?
I am involved with several social media groups that are for those with chronic pain, have a pain pump and more. In thee groups the topic of the medications being used has come up often. I am going to run several post, each with a brief look into a different medication. I have an internal…
El Paso DEA warns of legal consequences of opioid epidemic
by Mia Villanueva. Saturday, September 28th 2019AA This undated photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Phoenix Division shows a closeup of the fentanyl-laced sky blue pills known on the street as “Mexican oxy.” Smuggled in from Mexico, these mimic the prescription drug oxycodone. Law enforcement officers in the U.S. Southwest say they have…
Fentanyl Crisis: What’s driving the drug overdose epidemic?
Posted: 10:32 AM, Sep 26, 2019 Updated: 1:44 PM, Sep 26, 2019 By: Valerie Cavazos TUCSON, Ariz. — Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfellas, Jackpot, Murder 8, and Tango & Cash — all street names of illegal fentanyl. The CDC reports fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that’s 50 times more potent than heroin — 100 times more…
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