With America seemingly mired in an opioid epidemic, responsible doctors are becoming much more conservative in prescribing these powerful pain relievers to patients. Instead, they're prescribing non-opioid medications, such as NSAIDs, and non-pharmacologic pain treatments, such as physical therapy.
Trends in pain medication prescriptions for worker injuries
Why you likely can't sue your employer after a workplace shooting
In America, on average, one person is shot to death while at work every day of the year. The shooters include disgruntled employees, thieves, people pursuing a current or former significant other into their place of work and others with myriad motives and mental health issues.
