Tag Archives: pain management

Source: The Other Side of the Opioid Epidemic: Chronic Pain Patients|the Fix.com “It is borderline genocide,” said DeLuca, 37. “You are allowing [chronic pain patients] to go home and essentially suffer until they kill themselves.” Last year, Lauren DeLuca went to the emergency room in the middle of the night, ...

Source: A Super-Spicy Plant Could Help End the Opioid Crisis|Futurism.com It’s 10,000 times hotter than the world’s hottest pepper. Watch Your Tongue You probably don’t go around biting into plants covered in needles. But if you happened to chomp down on Euphorbia resinifera, a cactus-like plant also known as the resin spurge, ...

Source: My Year On Death Row|National Post Originally published August 23, 2018 Inside Canada’s ‘other opioid epidemic’ — patients cut off from medical painkillers By Dawn Rae Downton Illustrations by Mike Faille It started in my feet, which ached constantly whether I wore flats, heels, trainers, or went barefoot. Physiotherapy and orthotics? ...