Fear of Drug Abuse, Addiction May Hurt Pain Patients

Published February 20, 2014

Fear of drug abuse, addiction may hurt pain patients
We currently use tramadol as a step down medication from other opioid medications with the belief that it is milder in its pain-relief qualities and has less potential for abuse and addiction. Being unscheduled, it is not subject to the prescribing rule.
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Toomey, Hickton highlight toll of prescription drug addiction in Washington County
And it's stunning,” the Republican said in Washington at a roundtable discussion with other elected officials, law enforcement and addiction treatment and medical specialists. “We have to solve this problem.” Accidental drug overdoses killed more than …
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'Alarming' rise seen in drug–addicted infants
As prescription drug and heroin abuse rises in New Hampshire, doctors are facing a side effect of this trend: babies born addicted to opioids – drugs used to control pain, a condition known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). The state's reported …
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