Seeing pain with MRI, Addiction Equity & Affordable Care, Naloxone Monoploy
Pain is becoming visible through the use of functional Magnetic Resonance Scanning Technology promising better perspectives on how to address chronic pain … a discussion of the Addiction Equity and Affordable Care Acts, in the context of addiction treatment options. The Feds come out with another statement of intention to pursue drug use regardless of contravening state laws …. the issues of the safety of drug use in the context of public service announcement and educational efforts. And one company has a monopoly on the life-saving drug Naloxone, used for heroin (and opioids) overdoses. PODCAST.
Overdose prevention, education and Naloxone
A Seattle teenager death has led her parents to start a website to help young people understand the power of opiods, and what to look for when someone is overdosing. Also use of the drug Naloxone in reviving those in overdose situations.