Getting the Story Right About Opioids

Getting the Story Right About Opioids: By Pat Anson, Editor Many chronic pain patients feel they are wrongly portrayed in the media as malingerers and addicts – and that the growing difficulty they have just getting their pain treated is being ignored by the medical profession. There’s a fair amount of truth to that. Which is wh

The Other Side of Opioids - Shows - Coast to Coast AM

The Other Side of Opioids - Shows - Coast to Coast AM: George Knapp and guests explored how Americans who rely on opioid medications for pain are in anguish because of govt. pressure to reduce prescriptions.

Opioid Overdoses Rise in Intensive Care

Opioid Overdoses Rise in Intensive Care: By Pat Anson Editor Opioid overdose deaths in intensive care units (ICUs) have risen sharply in recent years -- primarily due to heroin --  according to a large new study involving 162 U.S. hospitals in 44 states. The research findings , published in the Annals of the American Tho

Lies, Damned Lies, and Overdose Statistics

Major discrepancies in CDC overdose statistics!

New study just coming out states CDC over-exaggerated suicide due to prescription opioids by outlandish margin!



Lies, Damned Lies, and Overdose Statistics: By Pat Anson, Editor “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” That famous quote, often attributed to British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, was first used by Mark Twain in 1906. One hundred and ten years later, we still don’t know who said it first or why.



CDC Admits Rx Opioid Deaths ‘Significantly Inflated
https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/3/21/cdc-admits-rx-opioid-deaths-significantly-inflated