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Photo Credit: Greenmedinfo'Pain and unhealthy levels of inflammation are fast becoming default bodily states in the industrialized world. While in most cases we can adjust the underlying pro-inflammatory conditions by altering our diet, and reducing stress and environmental chemical exposures, these approaches take time, discipline and energy, and sometimes we just want the pain to stop now.'Read more...
'According to a congressional testimony by the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, 80 percent of the world's painkillers are consumed in the U.S.
BBC News reports that Americans consume enough painkillers for each of its citizens to have 64 Percocets or Vicodin.The report said that prescription drug abuse leads to 14,800 deaths a year, which is more than what heroin and cocaine total combined.
The number of those who are taking painkillers is a 600 percent increase from where it was 10 years ago.' Read more...
