A case review of farmers aged 66 and older in Alberta, Canada, revealed Researchers were able to identify several possible reasons for this, "The first is that pain, unmasked when they stop using medication, from the University Fourth, Older farmers are at high risk for injury when they stop taking prescribed pain medications, shows a study done in part by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. A case review of farmers aged 66 and older in Alberta, … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/farmerzz.gif\")
Older farmers are at high risk for injury when they
\n stop taking prescribed pain medications, shows a study done in part
\n by the University of Alberta<\/a> in Edmonton, Canada.<\/p>\n
\n some previously unknown relationships may exist between the use of pain
\n medications and subsequent injury. For instance, when farmers stopped
\n taking prescribed pain or anti-inflammatory medications within the 30
\n days prior to the date of injury, there was a higher risk of getting
\n hurt while working on the farm. The injuries included falls, being struck
\n by an object, or wounds inflicted while working with farm machinery or
\n livestock<\/p>\n
\n said Dr. Don Voaklander, one of the study’s authors and a professor of
\n Public Health Sciences at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
\n Queens University also worked on the study.<\/p>\n
\n distracts the farmer when he’s doing his work. This means less attention
\n to the
\n task at hand. A second possibility involves limitations on mobility for
\n farmers who are in pain or who are guarding their movements as a result
\n of pain." Third, those who use pain medication may be experiencing
\n withdrawal symptoms that again may be distracting in a dynamic work environment.<\/p>\n
\n of Alberta<\/a> via Eureka<\/a><\/p>\n
\n they have been junkified by previous exposures to the point that they
\n are, consciously or subconsciously, engaging in behavior likely to
\n result in injury leading to renewed access to narcotics. A typical
\n junkie scam,
\n no doubt related to the explosion of Oxycontin abuse in rural America.
\n Only a lack of rigorous control of Agro-pharmaceuticals has prevented
\n the exposure of related widespread rural abuse of bovine tranquilizers.
\n America’s farms are a festering focus of drug abuse…..<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"