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How to Talk with Clients about Chronic Pain and Opioids
#1: Meet Clients Where They Are. #2: Understand Trauma and Talk About it. #3: Teach About Opioids and Chronic Pain. #4 ...
Did You Know Carfentanil Is 5000 Times Stronger Than Heroin?
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Helping a Teen Caught Up in the Opioid Epidemic
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How to Prevent Addiction to Painkillers
Five (5) bright ideas on how to prevent addiction to THE MOST ADDICTIVE prescription drugs on the planet: opioid painkil ...
Chronic Pain: The Brain to Pain Game
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The Most Common Medications Used in Treatment of Opioid Addiction
A look at how antidepressants, benzos, and opioid medications are used in the treatment of substance use disorders. More ...
Are Doctors Just Legal Drug Dealers? What They Don’t Want You to Know About the Opiate Epidemic
A look at the opioid epidemic and “accidental addiction” with a call to action to stop over-prescription of pain med ...
Physical addiction to opioids
In this article we explain how you can recognize the symptoms of physical addiction to opioids. Then, we offer adequate ...
Health Insurance and its Influence on the Opioid Epidemic
Greed is keeping Americans sick. More on what the health insurance industry is doing in the face of the Opioid Epidemic ...