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#OurPain: Opioid crisis leaves legitimate pain patients struggling
When you hear the word "opioid" on the news, it is usually attached to other words, including "crisis" and "epidemic."
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#OurPain: The other side of opioids
Millions of Americans who rely on opioid medications for pain relief are in anguish because of government pressure to reduce prescriptions across the board.
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#OurPain: How money factors into the opioid debate
Pain doctors say they'd like to wean their patients off of opioids when feasible, but many of the alternative treatments are not covered by public or private insurance programs.
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#OurPain: Opioid crackdown leaves veterans in pain
The years of service and injuries take their toll and for many, the only relief comes from opioids. But navigating the VA system is far from easy and fewer prescriptions are being written.
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I-Team Exclusive: The real numbers behind Nevada's opioid deaths
You've probably heard political figures make the claim that at least one Nevadan dies every day from an opioid overdose. That figure of more than 360 opioid deaths per year in our state has been repeated over and over, but is it true?
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I-TEAM: Opioid addiction versus dependency
Millions of chronic pain patients, already living in agony because of disease or injuries, now live in fear that their medicine will be taken away because they've been stigmatized as drug addicts.
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Patients, doctors struggle with new law aimed at reducing overdoses
A state law barely two months old is wreaking havoc for doctors and their pain patients.
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#OurPain: Pain doctor who defends opioids under investigation
A prominent pain doctor who was part of the I-Team's special project about the war on opioids is now the focus of a DEA investigation.
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