Health Tip: Are You Taking Opioids as Prescribed?
Opioids are powerful prescription pain medications, and great care must be taken to avoid possible overdose and addiction.
The American Academy of Family Physicians mentions these potential warning signs of opioid medication overdose:
- Stumbling while walking.
- Feeling dizzy.
- Slurring your speech.
- Feeling confused.
- Slow breathing and heartbeat.
- Blue nails or lips.
- Pale or clammy skin.
- Feeling excessively drowsy or having trouble staying alert.
- Having trouble waking from sleep.
Remembering 9/11: Where things stand now As we remember those we lost on 9/11, we're looking at the ongoing battle to secure long term protection for first responders and the latest twists and turns in the cases of the accused terrorists.
Remembering 9/11: Where things stand now As we remember those we lost on 9/11, we're looking at the ongoing battle to secure long term protection for first responders and the latest twists and turns in the cases of the accused terrorists.
