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Attacking prescription abuse from all angles
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, one-third of Americans suffer persistent pain that can last from weeks to years. But with physicians increasingly being held liable when patients
Practices pledge to stop prescribing addictive painkillers
In the wake of record numbers of deaths related to prescription painkiller abuse and overdose, West Virginia oncologist Dr. Hassan Amjad has pledged to stop prescribing addictive compounds,
'Pain contracts' show promise in reducing opioid risks
The dangerous nature of prescription opioids--overdose of which is now the second leading cause of accidental death in the United States--and recent high-profile prosecutions of doctors for running
