In a troubling new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claimed that almost a third of all women of reproductive age had filled an opioid painkiller prescription every year between 2008 and 2012. Health officials warned that such a high prevalence of opioid usage raised the likelihood of birth defects. Researchers …
A recent study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that almost half of primary care physicians say they are less likely to prescribe opioids as a pain treatment today than one year ago. Nine out of ten of these physicians claimed abuse of prescription drugs is a significant problem in …
Segal Institute for Clinical Research is conducting a medical research study of an investigational medication to help opioid dependence. If you or a loved one have dependence problems with prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs such as codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, or heroin, please call us at 1-877-SEGAL-88. These studies will be conducted at: WEST BROWARD …
