October 18, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor It’s long been a popular belief that prescription opioids fueled the nation’s opioid crisis and play a major role in overdose deaths. The CDC’s 2016 opioid guideline says as much. “Sales of opioid pain medication have increased in parallel with overdose deaths,” the guideline states. “Having a…
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It’s not just opioids: What doctors want you to know about benzos
By Breeanna Hare, CNN Posted at 5:35 AM ET, Fri October 4, 2019 How benzodiazepines affect your brain 00:51(CNN) — There’s no understating the extent of America’s opioid crisis. In 2017, the same year it became a public health emergency, an estimated 1.7 million people in the US had substance abuse disorders related to prescription opioids.…
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