The opioid epidemic has ravaged the nation, but medicine is fighting back. Doctor is using non-addictive painkillers to treat patients and researchers are developing new treatments that can block the effects of opioids before they reach the brain.But what's happening in laboratories isn't enough; we need to make sure our homes can be free of opioid addiction too.Implementing stricter prescription guidelines for opioidsThe first step, as you may have heard, is to prescribe opioids only for acute pain. This means that doctors should no...
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