Hank Skinner and his wife, Carol, are no strangers to pain, having collectively experienced multiple illnesses and surgeries. Hank relies on a fentanyl patch but is now being forced to lower his dosage. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) By Joel Achenbach and Lenny Bernstein September 10 at 10:54 AM Carol and Hank Skinner of Alexandria, Va.,…
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Are Prescribed Opioids the Culprits or the Scapegoats?
10th August, 2019 By Lynn Webster, M.D. This article, in a slightly edited form, first appeared on Pain News Network on August 10, 2019. The Washington Post has recently published a series of stories about the volume of opioids distributed over the past several years. Over 76 billion pills have been distributed throughout the U.S. from 2002 through 2012.…
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