Another article is in the paper today about drug mills, increase in addiction to pain medications and the resulting ruination of lives. When will we learn covering up the symptom rather than addressing the problem is never a good idea? Whether that symptom is pain, heartburn, headache, depression or problems with a friend, denial never works well. [...]
The FDA is allowing the release of a new painkiller: Zohydro; in spite of their own advisory panel voting 11-2 to keep it off the market. This drug is 10x stronger than Vicodin, is easily abused and addictive. A single dose will kill a child and 2 will overdose an adult. There are two troubling things about [...]
What do you take for pain? Is it Advil or Ibuprofen or Allieve or Naprosyn or Celebrex? Well I hope not. These drugs (NSAIDs) are the leading cause of blood transfusions. A current study shows use of these drugs for 2 months or more caused ulcers in stomach or upper intestines of 100% of patients. That causes [...]
