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Ouch—Doc's Trial Highlights Pain Issues

Was he trafficking narcotics or treating chronic pain?

By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 24, 2007 2:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – The drug-trafficking trial of a Virginia pain specialist demonstrates the slippery slope between treating chronic conditions and enabling addicts. Dr. William Hurwitz's jury heard the story of a patient with deblitating migraines who had been treated with anxiety medication that actually caused headaches—by another...   Read full story »

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