When Al Vineyard visited her doctor for an injury on the job, she didn’t know her pain medication would lead to her nearly losing everything. “My doctor put me on …
Healthcare Practitioners Gather for Opioid Stewardship Training
BRANSON – 52 healthcare practitioners gathered in Branson Friday for the opioid stewardship training. This training seminar is meant to help reduce prescribing high risk meds, such as controlled substances …
How effective is medication-assisted treatment for addiction? Here’s the science
HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price sparked a firestorm last week with his comments about medication-assisted treatment, saying that “if we’re just substituting one …
I Lost My Brother To Opioid Addiction. Here’s How Employers Can Address The Crisis
Sunday, October 18, 2015, started out like any other day. Nothing unusual about the first hours of the morning. No sign that I’d soon get a phone call that would …
What to Look for in an Addiction Treatment Program
The following are markers of a quality treatment facility: ☑ They have easily-identifiable contact information and a physical address. It should be like looking up a restaurant – can you easily find …
How Opioids Started Killing Americans
It’s been conventional wisdom for some time now that America’s opioid epidemic began at the pharmacy. Now there are numbers that put any doubt to rest. More than half of …
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