Dr. Zavalin is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who created Love to Move to help people move more to improve mental, physical and emotional wellness and way of life. You can find Love to Move on Instagram – @_lovetomove_ or by visiting their website https://www.ltmmtl.com/. Enjoy today’s guest blog from our friend, Dr. Stefan Zavalin […]
Pharmaceutical practices evolve as opioid epidemic surges on
March 15, 2018 Maura Sirianni NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Tennessee has one of the highest rates of opioid prescriptions per person across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With the opioid epidemic surging on, pharmaceutical practices are evolving to keep up. Pharmacists are often the last line of defense between […]
Gov. Bill Haslam unveils $30 million plan to combat opioid crisis in Tennessee
January 22, 2018 Joel Ebert and Anita Wadhwani Educating children, making overdose-reversing drugs available to all state troopers and adding hundreds of prison beds to treat those fighting opioid addiction are part of Gov. Bill Haslam and legislative leaders’ comprehensive $30 million proposal to combat the epidemic. The proposal comes as Tennessee continues to fight the ongoing […]
One unexpected effect of Tennessee’s opioid crisis? Longer jail stays for women
October 22, 2017 Anita Wadhwani Jessica Carter was in bed with her boyfriend, still high on methamphetamines and painkillers, when members of a Williamson County drug task force busted down the door with guns drawn. Carter, her boyfriend and boyfriend’s brother were each charged with the same 11 drug-related felony offenses. Ten months later, the two men […]
Rep. David Kustoff tours Aspell Recovery Center, discusses opioids
September 21, 2017 Omer Yusuf U.S. Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN) recently visited the Aspell Recovery Center in Jackson and saw how the center is assisting those recovering from drug addiction. Kustoff said after his tour of the center, the U.S. — and West Tennessee — is facing a “tremendous” drug problem, and one that cannot be […]
Opioid czar: Former pill abuser now battles drug epidemic in Tennessee
Sept. 1, 2017 Brad Schmitt He woke up hazy, face plastered against a long aluminum bench, looking up at two campus policemen staring back at him. A hot sun beat down on Neyland Stadium, which had emptied out hours earlier afterthe Tennessee/Mississippi State game in 1986. “Where’d everybody go?” Loyd slurred. The officers laughed — […]
Opioid Prescriptions Fall After 2010 Peak, C.D.C. Report Finds
July 6, 2017 Abby Goodnough WASHINGTON — The amount of opioid painkillers prescribed in the United States peaked in 2010, a new federal analysis has found, with prescriptions for higher, more dangerous doses dropping most sharply — by 41 percent — since then. But the analysis, by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also […]
The opioid epidemic is so bad that librarians are learning how to treat overdoses
June 24, 2017 Darran Simon Philadelphia (CNN) – A crowd hovered over the man lying on the grass as his skin turned purple. Chera Kowalski crouched next to his limp body, a small syringe in her gloved hand. Squeeze. The antidote filled the man’s nostril. The purple faded. Then it came back. Kowalski’s heart raced. […]
Drug crisis is pushing up death rates for almost all groups of Americans
June 9, 2017 Joel Achenbach and Dan Keating The opioid epidemic that has ravaged life expectancy among economically stressed white Americans is taking a rising toll among blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, driving up the overall rate of death among Americans in the prime of their lives. Since the beginning of this decade, death rates […]
Technology helping medical professionals combat Tennessee’s opioid crisis
Aaron Wright May 20, 2017 KNOXVILLE – Multiple pharmacies, multiple prescribers. Professionals say those are the red flags to look for to stop doctor-shopping and prescription pill abuse in Tennessee, a state under siege because of opioid abuse. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, America makes up 4.6 percent of the world’s population but […]
