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Does this mean that football should not be played at all or that any sign of pain should bring a player to the sidelines? No, and no. What must take place, not just in football but across the sporting world, is for players to exercise personal responsibility over when and how long they compete. This should be the case for all injuries but especially in the case of head trauma. A team’s medical staff is critical to the diagnosis and treatment of injuries, but the player must know the risks involved and be able to make...
Last October I was prescribed a statin for high cholesterol. After four pills, I was struck by excruciating muscle cramps in my right hip and thigh. After weeks of pain medication and three epidurals, the pain finally subsided. Occasionally it threatens to recur. None of the doctors I saw believed the problem was related to statins. I knew it was. Thank you for the confirmation. Marolyn Caldwell, MANHATTAN, KANS...
...Last October I was prescribed a statin for high cholesterol. After four pills, I was struck by excruciating muscle cramps in my right hip and thigh. After weeks of pain medication and three epidurals, the pain finally subsided. Occasionally it threatens to recur. None of the doctors I saw believed the problem was related to statins. I knew it was. Thank you for the confirmation. Marolyn Caldwell, Manhattan, Kans...
...families who end up in a terrible situation because of a workplace injury." But it's like walking a tightrope, he adds: "It's a delicate balance here. You want to stop the pill mills. At the same time, you don't want to stop legitimate patients from getting pain management." (See how people get addicted...
Case in point: a man outside the Broward County clinic who says he makes the 11-hour drive from Tennessee every month just to get his medication. He says he is prescribed medicine for chronic neck pain stemming from a forklift injury but cannot get the medicine he needs anywhere near his home. He won't divulge what he is prescribed. "I'd rather not say, but it's helping me," he says. "I'm not a junkie." The medicine allows him to keep working as an excavator, he says. "They help people that can't get medication that they...