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Painkillers Linked to Erectile Dysfunction

By Richard Lenti A large new study has documented what many men who use opioid painkillers already know – long term use of the drugs can lead to erectile dysfunction (ED). Researchers looked at more than [...]

Attorneys General Ask for New Opioids Warning

By Richard Lenti Dozens of state attorney generals are asking the Food and Drug Administration to issue a “black box” warning about the danger of pregnant women using opioid painkillers. A recent study found that opioids [...]

Opioids Can Lead to Longer Hospital Stays

By Pat Anson, Editor Patients who had adverse reactions to opioids used to treat their post-surgical pain spent an average of three extra days in the hospital and had thousands of dollars in additional medical expenses, [...]

Painkillers Leading Cause of Overdose Deaths

By Pat Anson, Editor For the 11th consecutive year, drug overdose deaths continued to rise in the United States, with opioid painkillers the leading cause, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Researchers say 38,329 [...]

Long Acting Pain Meds Lower Man’s Sex Drive

By Pat Anson, Editor Men who take long acting opioids for chronic pain are five times more likely to have low testosterone levels, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in The Clinical Journal of [...]

Overdose Death Rate Soars in NYC

By Pat Anson, Editor In one of the first studies of its kind in an urban area, researchers have found that the overdose death rate from prescription painkillers is seven times higher in New York City [...]

Living with Pain: New York City’s Crackdown on Painkillers

By Mark Maginn, Columnist Recently New York City announced troubling new measures to fight the city’s growing opioid addiction and associated violence. There is no doubt that opioid addiction rates have climbed in the last few [...]

Overdoses Leading Cause of Death for Homeless

By Pat Anson, Editor Drugs overdoses have surpassed HIV and homicide as the leading cause of death among homeless adults in Boston, with opioid painkillers accounting for 8 out of every 10 overdoses, according to a [...]

FDA Issues Tamper Resistant Guidelines

By Richard Lenti Calling the abuse of prescription pain medications “a major health challenge for our nation,” the Food and Drug Administration has issued a draft guidance document designed to help drug companies develop opioid drugs [...]

A New Approach Needed For Back Pain

By Dr. Howard Schubiner, Guest Columnist The scandal of cortisone injection material tainted with fungi has created a large burden of illness and death among a small proportion of individuals who received epidural injections for back [...]

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