Help Me, Please! My Doctor Won’t Stop Prescribing Pain Medication
by The Coleman Institute | Jul 26, 2019
This was the call I received from a woman who was desperate to get off her opioid pain medication. To protect her privacy, her name has been changed for the purpose of this post. Janine is a 52-year-old woman who had her first surgery in her late twenties for a...We Can Help
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