Hooked on Painkillers: ITV Cymru Wales Investigates

Hooked on painkillers: ITV Cymru Wales investigates
Prescribed strong drugs like Tramadol or Co-Codamol to help them manage the pain of an injury, addicts find themselves unable to give the pills up when the symptoms have worn off. It's absolutely huge. And it affects a lot of females, a lot of working … Read more on ITV News

The Life Cycle Of The Flu (INFOGRAPHIC)
The flu — and colds, for that matter — are caused by viruses. In fact, <a href="http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/ucm078494.htm">antibiotics kill off the "good" bacteria</a> that help to fight off infections, so that viral flu may only get <em … Read more on Huffington Post

Addiction is deadly and expensive
Dodge County Medical Examiner P.J. Schoebel noted that sometimes opioid users will “shop around,” visiting multiple doctors to try to get prescriptions to support their habit and avoid withdrawal symptoms. Schoebel said that Dodge County has seen 31 … Read more on Beaver Dam Daily Citizen