Industry Links
Welcome to a fast and convenient way to track the latest news in the pain management industry. Sponsored by Ameritox®, this page includes links to articles on important research, regulatory, financial, and other news from the most reliable sources.
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December 5, 2011
Business Insurance: Employers helping workers fight opioid abuse
With opioid prescription abuse on the rise nationwide, workers compensation experts are seeking ways to help addicted workers return to sobriety.
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December 5, 2011
Blackshear Times: The New War: Prescription drug overdose is now a top killer in Georgia.
This is the first in a series of stories highlighting the rise of the prescription drug trade in our town, a local woman’s destructive struggle with pill addiction and the ongoing battlefront in Pierce County.
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December 2, 2011
HealthDay News: Opioids May Be Overused for Chronic Stomach Pain
Prescriptions for opioid painkillers to treat chronic abdominal pain more than doubled in the United States between 1997 and 2008, according to a new study.
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November 28, 2011
Amednews.com: More help sought to fight opioid abuse
The American Medical Association will step up efforts to help physicians prevent misuse and abuse of prescription drugs.
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November 21, 2011
AJC: Georgia trying to control pill mills
After Cameron McClure died of an overdose of prescription painkillers in April, his parents found an empty bottle of oxycodone among the 27-year-old Jonesboro man’s belongings.
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November 14, 2011
USA Today: ‘Morphine lollipop’ dulls pain for wounded troops
Navy corpsmen assigned to Marine units in Afghanistan have a new tool for numbing the pain of a severe battlefield wound.
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