These deadly drugs killed another person—who’s next?

An announcement was recently made by the family of Tom Petty (one of my favorite musicians) that his untimely death was the result of an “accidental overdose” of pain medications, including the opioid Fentanyl. Apparently Tom was suffering from a fractured hip and knee problems which understandably caused a tremendous amount of pain.
You may recall that the musician Prince’s death was also caused by a fatal dose of doctor-prescribed Fentanyl. All I can say is, “Who’s next?”

Tags: General Health, Pain, pain relief

Jan 22, 2018 0 comments

Opioids—from street drugs to legal epidemic

Our country is facing an epidemic of unprecedented proportions that is affecting over 2 million Americans, many times fatally. Opioid addiction. Although drug addiction is hardly a new problem for the US and many other countries around the globe, we are now faced with a problem that’s quickly spiraling out of control.

Tags: pain relief

May 15, 2017 0 comments

Don’t do this for chronic pain—it can kill you!

A study published in The Lancet dealt a hefty blow to one of the popular go-to medications for pain relief.

Acetaminophen (also known by the band name Tylenol®).

Apparently the study, which included information from 74 trials published between 1980 and 2015 involving over 58,000 osteoarthritis patients, found that acetaminophen was only slightly better than a placebo.

Plus it was stated to play no role in treating osteoarthritis, regardless of dose, because osteoarthritis is an inflammatory condition and acetaminophen is not an anti-inflammatory.

Just the icing on the cake

The fact that acetaminophen is only a smidgen more effective than a sugar pill for inflammatory pain is just the icing on the cake. Here’s more:

Tags: General Health, Inflammation, pain relief

Apr 04, 2017 0 comments

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