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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 19 > Pain pill conundrum

Pain pill conundrum

Efforts to prevent prescription drug abuse may be sentencing legitimate patients to a life of pain

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
November 19, 2009

Dan Schweitzer was lured to Central Oregon by his musician friends 15 years ago. Despite six back operations and persistent pain in his leg, the Vietnam veteran had found a combination of pain medicine that allowed him to live a fairly normal life, to cook and clean, do a little gardening and....

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