With Super Bowl Sunday just two days away, it’s important to keep in mind that every player on the field in feeling the pressure to perform well regardless of how their bodies might be feeling. Painkiller abu...
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Dsuvia® Approval Meets with Mixed Reactions
In an extraordinarily controversial decision, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the use of Dsuvia®, a powerful opioid ten times more potent than fentanyl. Despite opposition from four U....
Examining the Role of Doctors in Painkiller Abuse
In a move that is being hailed as a win in the battle against painkiller abuse, a federal grand jury in Brooklyn convicted Manhattan Dr. Martin Tesher of 10 counts of unlawful distribution of oxycodone without ...
New Insights Further Illuminate Prince’s Tragic Painkiller Addiction
Friday will mark exactly one year since the supernaturally talented pop icon Prince was found dead in his compound just outside Minneapolis due to an apparent painkiller overdose. As more and more time passes, ...
The Legacy of Lean
Some know it as “lean,” some know it as codeine-promethazine and many don’t know it at all. Although blues musicians were mixing cough syrup and alcohol back in the 1960’s, that doesn’t mean they had ...