Studies downplayed drug risks
But drug manufacturers and some pain specialists helped create a body of scientific research assuaging the long-standing worries about opioids and pushed to expand the use of the drugs in people with chronic pain: bad backs, arthritis, sore knees.
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China Uses Controversial Brain Surgery To Cure Drug Addiction
And they are doing it in the face of worldwide condemnation, and in the name of scientific research. … The stigma associated with drug addiction is particularly strong in China where thousands are executed every year for drug trafficking. Thus, the …
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New research could help with PTSD, drug addiction
She said her work could lead to the ability to block traumatic memories associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and pleasant memories associated with drug addiction, specifically opiate use. Lauzon, who has been studying how dopamine …
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