More than 1/3 of Americans are Taking Pain Medication with Dangerous Side Effects
These medications carry the risk of depression, including suicidal symptoms, as a possible adverse effect. There are safer pain management approaches -- see your doctor of chiropractic for drug-free pain relief. More than a third of Americans are estimated to be taking at least one prescription medication that carries the risk of depression, including suicidal symptoms, as a possible adverse effect—and they may have no idea—according to a study published this week in JAMA. The study is an observational one, meaning it can only identify associations and not whether common drugs are causing depression or suicide in people. Still, the researchers found...