Drug Abuse vs. Pain Management

Published December 26, 2012

Drug Abuse vs. Pain Management – Dr. Howard Heit describes how good pain management has been hindered due to increasing use and misuse of opiate medications. Dr. Heit argues that addiction is a medical condition that is separate from pain and that the growth of addiction should not hinder pain management for patients. This clip was excerpted from a talk given at “The New Understanding of Pain” program. The program was put on by the National Press Foundation in collaboration with The America Public Health Association and was supported by PriCara and the NPF Program Fund. For more information, visit our website at www.nationalpress.org.

Generic OxyContin and Opana headed for market soon

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26, 2012) – With generic versions of the two most commonly-abused painkillers, Opana and OxyContin, coming on the market next year, police, hospitals and health clinics in Kentucky have voiced concern that “these generic crushable drugs lack the tamper …
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2012 in Review: Bigger shelter helps fill big holes

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The program got off the ground last year with a $ 10,000 grant from the Flagstaff Community Foundation and other charitable organizations. LVCC began doing inmate assessments to determine literacy levels and establish the need for a literacy program …
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Brown Pardons 79 Ex-Cons

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… he went back to prison a third time in 1983 for drug possession. Today Pfleger runs the George T. Pfleger Foundation, a nonprofit corporation with listed assets of $ 16 million. … “For many years now, Mr. Pfleger has been a generous and active …
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Holiday Activities For Kids In The East Bay

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of disability and the efforts of the Wheelchair Foundation to provide a wheelchair for every person in need who cannot afford one. ONGOING EVENT — Free Public Tours, Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m. Docent-led guided tours of the museum's exhibitions.
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