Opioid Dependence

Something that was touted by pharmaceutical companies and some doctors as the answer to pain after surgery has become a national scourge. It was meant to be used short term, but opioids added something else to the mix. Once some patients felt the euphoria opioids provide, they couldn’t live without it. Understanding the complexities of […]

Dangerous illegal drugs have ravaged generations of Americans. From the hallucinogens of the 60s, cocaine in the 70s and 80s, to the quick dependence on opioids, and now life-threatening fentanyl in our country, today no one is safe. Now a new dangerous link has been discovered: opioids and the rise of new Hepatitis C infections.