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Pain killer: abusing the drug OxyContin is a prescription for disaster
A Pretty, energetic cheerleader and member of the high school track team in Pennington Gap, Va.--that was Lindsay Myers before a small tablet dubbed ......(Continue Reading)
Heart disease: the no. 1 killer of Blacks
FOR years, Shirley Lytle considered herself the picture of health. She was a healthy nonsmoking professional who ran up to 4 miles three days a week, ......(Continue Reading)
Natural pain modulation
Pain, in all of its forms, (mental, emotional and physical) is one of medicine's greatest challenges. Rarely is pain the actual disease process; rather ......(Continue Reading)
Pain Killer Abuse Increases
Use of pain relievers non-medically among those ages 12-17 increased from 9.6 percent in 2001 to 11.2 percent in 2002, according to the latest Household Survey, continuing an increasing trend. This rate was 6.8 percent in 1992. More: Prescription Med...(Continue Reading)
Pain Killer Abuse Increases
Use of pain relievers non-medically among those ages 12-17 increased from 9.6 percent in 2001 to 11.2 percent in 2002, continuing an increasing trend....(Continue Reading)
Pain Medications
The medical profession has concluded that many doctors underprescribe powerful painkillers because they overestimate the potential for patients to become addicted to these painkillers....(Continue Reading)
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