(Natural News) Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and the American University of Beirut found that pre-natal exposure to both opioids and benzodiazepines increases an infant’s risk of severe drug withdrawal. In a study published in Hospital Pediatrics, the researchers explained that this combination is even more dangerous to children’s health than exposure to opioids alone. […]

(Natural News) Opioids are a class of strong prescription painkillers which are incredibly addictive. Initially prescribed as a pain management tool for cancer sufferers, in the early 1990s drug giant Purdue Pharma started aggressively pitching them to doctors as an effective treatment for chronic pain. In just six years, prescriptions for Purdue’s star product – OxyContin […]