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Published on: 6/9/2008
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When taken over extended periods of time as required for intractable pain treatment, anti-inflammatory drugs can cause internal bleeding, ulcers, and kidney, liver, or stomach damage.14,16 Even worse, one study showed that 17,000 deaths resulted from these opioid alternatives in one year, whereas deaths resulting from opioids was described as "vanishingly small" by Dr. Brian Goldman, a University of Toronto researcher who has studied prescription drug diversion.14
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When taken over extended periods of time, as required for intractable pain, anti-inflammatory agents cause internal bleeding, ulcers, and kidney, liver, or stomach damage.4,10 Even worse, one study showed that 17,000 deaths resulted from these alternatives in one year, whereas deaths resulting from opioids was described as "vanishingly small" by Dr. Brian Goldman, a University of Toronto researcher who has studied prescription drug diversion.10