Were you aware that Americans consume 99% of the world’s supply of the prescription drug hydrocodone (Vicodin)? Overall, we gobble up 80% of the world’s supply of all kinds of opioid pain medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), morphine, and…
It’s a hidden killer of the elderly and a serious public health challenge, as loneliness is causing widespread declines in physical and cognitive capacity. Loneliness plagues older women especially, because they are more likely to outlive their male loved ones.…
In 2014, 240 million opioid prescriptions were written — enough to give every American adult their own bottle. Two years later, 64,000 people died from drug overdose with the bulk of those from fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, prescription opioids and…