Concerns about the use of shackles on juveniles in court have prompted two lawmakers, Rep. Bruce Morris of Norwalk and Rep. Toni Walker of New Haven, to introduce legislation to limit the use of restraints.
Month: January 2015
Jury Still out on Opiod Drugs for Chronic Pain
Dr. David Steffens, UConn Health psychiatry chair, joins “Mornings With Ray Dunaway” on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 to discuss findings from an NIH panel he was on that studied the use of opioid drugs for chronic pain. (Aired Jan. 14, 2015, www.wtic.com)
Study Reveals Lack of Data on Opioid Drugs
A National Institutes of Health white paper that was released today finds little to no evidence for the effectiveness of opioid drugs in the treatment of long-term chronic pain, despite the explosive recent growth in the use of the drugs.