Tag: opioid prescription

Opioid Conflict-of-Interest Reveals Big Pharma’s Ties to Doctors

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FromĀ CBC News: A McMaster University committee has been assigned to develop new opioid-prescribing guidelines for Canada'sĀ doctors. While the rules explicitly prohibited anyone with ties...

TV Documentary Funded by Doctor with Industry Ties

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FromĀ STAT: A new documentary, "The Painful Truth," chronicles the plight of several patients struggling to find treatment for their chronic pain, suggesting that physicians...

ā€œMost Who OD on Opioids are Able to Get New Prescriptionsā€

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Felice J. Freyer for the Boston Globe reports on a new study of chronic pain treatment. ā€œMore than 90 percent of people who survived...