The problems with pain medications are not new ones. The epidemic that many talk about in terms of opioid addiction is real. Many states in response to this problem have created new guidelines and ...

April 23, 2012 (Atlanta, GA) — Methadone and buprenorphine are viable analgesic treatment options for patients with chronic pain and comorbid opioid addiction. However, when it comes to safety, ...

Living with chronic pain is a challenge affecting millions of people daily. From back pain to arthritis, fibromyalgia to migraines, finding relief often requires a multifaceted approach. One of the ...

Shaq admits he was addicted to pain medication throughout his career: "Instead of one, I would take three" originally appeared on Basketball Network. Shaquille O'Neal may have played a lot like ...

Prescribed drugs given tougher dependence warnings.

AUSTIN (KXAN) – “When I was on pain meds and in pain all the time, you’re going through hell, and you are really just trying to make it sometimes, one hour at a time,” said Eric Bumpus, a 43-year-old ...

Prescriptions of tapentadol have surged in the last five years - The Examination After years of misery, Brad Liefvoort managed to beat his addiction to oxycodone. In 2018, he and his wife, Linda ...

March 9, 2011 (Orlando, Florida) — Editor's note: Patients who are addicted to drugs pose a special challenge when they present with pain at hospital emergency departments (EDs). Clinicians struggle ...

A new study finds chronic pain patients show a high prevalence of addiction to prescription pain medications, according to a news release by Geisinger Health System. The study by Geisinger researchers ...

Another addiction death comes at age 27, with Amy Winehouse joining Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and most aptly, Janis Joplin among the rock icons who died from their disorder at the same ...

Painkiller addictions are becoming more of a hollywood woe. Feb. 22, 2008 — -- Hollywood stars usually set the trends that the rest of us follow — in the cities, to suburbia and beyond. But not ...

The Connecticut Medical Examining Board has revoked the license of Gerson M. Sternstein, MD, an addiction psychiatrist in Berlin, Conn., for overprescribing pain medications, according to a Hartford ...