Drugs Banned, World?s Poor Suffer in Pain (New York Times)
Fear about addiction leads millions of people to go without pain medicines that are safe and effective and cheap.
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Fear of morphine dooms third world poor to die painfully (International Herald Tribune)
Fear of morphine dooms third world poor to die painfully: Doctors fear addicting patients, law-enforcement officials fear drug crime, and members of the elite who can afford medicine for themselves are indifferent to the sufferings of the poor.
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Painkiller sales reflect increase in world of pain (The News-Star)
SHREVEPORT — After a total hysterectomy 10 years ago, Virginia Sharpe stepped into a world of pain.
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Analysis finds pain medicine use by Americans has risen by 90 percent (The Standard-Times)
WASHINGTON — Retail sales of five leading painkillers nearly doubled over an eight-year period, reflecting a surge in use by patients nationwide who are living in a world of pain, according to a new Associated Press analysis of federal drug...
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Surge in prescription pain medications reflects world of pain (The Shreveport Times)
Pain is the most common reason Americans access health care and more than 48 million Americans, including 1.5 million Louisianans, suffer from chronic pain, according to the American Medical Association. And retail sales of five leading painkillers rose by 90 percent between 1997 and 2005; in Louisiana, they rose by 169 percent.
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Use of painkillers in U.S. rises dramatically (Whittier Daily News)
Retail sales of five leading painkillers nearly doubled from 1997 to 2005, reflecting a surge in use by patients nationwide who are living in a world of pain, according to a new Associated Press analysis of federal drug prescription data.
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Relying on painkillers (Morristown Citizen Tribune)
Today, a plethora of painkilling drugs has improved the lives of many Americans. But drugs such as codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and meperidine can’t always be well-managed, and have become the problem rather than the solution for many others.
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Kentucky's painkiller sales plateau (The Ledger Independent)
PIKEVILLE -- Purchases of prescription painkillers have soared in Kentucky in recent years, but experts say the trend is leveling off.
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AP analysis finds pain medicine use has skyrocketed 90 percent (Daily Journal)
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — People in the United States are living in a world of pain and they are popping pills at an alarming rate to cope with it.
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U.S. painkiller use shows world of pain (The San Angelo Standard-Times)
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — People in the United States are living in a world of pain, and they are popping pills at an alarming rate to cope with it. The amount of five major painkillers sold at retail establishments rose 90 percent between 1997 and 2005, according to an Associated Press analysis of statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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