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woman walks down sidewalk with the help of a walker. She has chronic pain
Posted inChronic Disease

A doctor’s tweet, a mother’s complaint, a loss for chronic pain patients.

by Taylor Knopf March 10, 2020March 10, 2020

By Taylor Knopf For Courtney Cates, pain medication is the difference between taking short walks or staying in bed. It’s the difference between talking with her 8-year-old son or passing him notes. Cates, 37, suffers from chronic pain in her back, leg and jaw resulting from car accidents, failed surgeries and a painful jaw disease. […]

Two glass vials that say "Naloxone HCL" and two wrapped syringes rest on a metal shelf at a needle exchange facility. In the background is a paper instructions on using the medication to reverse an opioid overdose
Posted inChronic Disease, Featured, Public Health, Substance Use

N.C. efforts to reduce opioid dependency highlighted in national report

by Yen Duong September 13, 2019September 12, 2019
white oval pills in a hand, in the background, pink and orange pills on a table top to represent health insurance coverage
Posted inHealthcare Workers

Hundreds of N.C. Doctors Say They’ve Stopped Prescribing Opioids

by Taylor Knopf October 15, 2018November 13, 2019
woman stands at a podium speaking behind a microphone, he is looking directly at the camera in this photo
Posted inSubstance Use

AG Jeff Sessions Brings Back “Just say no” to Addiction Prevention

by Taylor Knopf April 18, 2018April 14, 2021
shows two men talking inside a mobile home equipped as a clinic, one man is showing the other some papers
Posted inSubstance Use

Federal Ban on Methadone Vans Seen as Barrier to Treatment

by Pew Trusts April 4, 2018April 14, 2021
Stean stands at a podium to speak about opioids
Posted inSubstance Use

Q&A: A.G. Josh Stein Talks About Fighting Opioid Abuse

by Taylor Knopf February 12, 2018April 14, 2021

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