There are two opioid crises in the world
today. One is the epidemic of abuse and misuse, present in many
countries but rising at an alarming rate in the United States. The other crisis is older and affects many more people around the world each year: too few opioids.
Hospitals in the U.S. and Europe routinely prescribe opioids for chronic cancer pain,
end-of-life palliative care and some forms of acute pain, like bone
fractures, sickle cell crises and burns. But patients with these
conditions in much of Asia, Africa and Latin America often receive
painkillers no stronger than acetaminophen.
Many factors play into this crisis, but one could argue that the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an independent monitoring agency established by the U.N., is a fundamental cause of untreated pain in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The global gap in access to opioids has been growing
for a long time. In the U.S., consumption of morphine in 2013 was 32
times higher than in 1964 (increasing from 2.3 mg per person to 79.9 mg
per person). In the same time period, morphine consumption Tanzania only
doubled to 0.15 mg person. In India in 2013, this figure was only 0.11
mg per person.
Per capita medicinal opioid consumption in Asia, Central America, the Caribbean and Africa is far below the INCB's own minimum global standard.
This site is for information on the various Chemo treatments and Stem Cell Therapies since 1992. This journey became bitter sweet in 2014, with the passing of my beautiful and dear wife. Sherry, had fought Non - Hodgkins Lymphoma(NHL) since 1990, in and out of remissions time and time again. From T-Cell therapies(1990's) to Dual Cord Blood Transplant(2014), she was in Clinical Trials over the years. This site is for informational purpose only and is not to promote the use of certain therapies.
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