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This Week in Health
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released the report. The Associated Press (AP) wrote about it this week. Most of the patients were teens or young adults. In 2011, about 42% also had consumed other substances. The most …
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Health Front: Safer Guildlines for Back Pain Care in Oregon
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The Oregon health authority concludes that all too often medical clinicians led patients down a path to surgery, steroid injections and drug addiction rather than an interdisciplinary approach. Research of health care policy and guidelines for low back …
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RCGP warns GPs over painkiller addiction
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GPs must be careful when initiating drugs that can lead to dependence and in managing the risk and development of withdrawal symptoms, the colleges said. Long-term prescribing of these drugs should be considered only in exception circumstances.
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