Do We Really Need Opioids for Pain?

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

The U.S. is in the midst of an opioid crisis, with more than 91 Americans fatally overdosing on the powerful drugs every day.1 The statistic includes prescription opioids, heroin and fentanyl, but many of the deaths stem from prescription drug use. In fact, of the more than 33,000 Americans killed by opioids in 2015, nearly half of them involved a prescription for the drugs.2 Even the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states:3

“In the late 1990s, pharmaceutical companies reassured the medical community that patients would not become addicted to prescription …read more

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