In 2012, the CDC issued a Grand Rounds report about the rising incidence of overdose and death involving prescription medications, particularly opioid pain-killers. Just months ago, Vermont governor Peter Shumlin kicked off 2014 with a State of the State address devoted almost entirely to a discussion of the heroin epidemic, which is by no means […]
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Pain and Pregnancy, Part 2: Natural Solutions
In Part 1 of this post, found at http://backpainsolutionsonline.com/backpain/lower-back-pain-causes/pain-and-pregnancy-part-1-opioid-medications, we looked at the surprising rate of opioid prescriptions among pregnant women. Most of the women in the two studies discussed were prescribed these powerful pain-killers for short-term bouts of less than