The American Foundation For Opioid Alternatives

03/14/2022

"If it’s easier to get high than to get treatment, people who are addicted will get high. The U.S. has effectively made it easy to get high and hard to get help."

This is why believes PREVENTION is key.
It is one of our main pillars to our nonprofit TAFFOA believes in keeping student athletes opioid naive. By partnering with non-opioid alternative companies, TAFFOA will support drug free return to sport.

Overdoses are increasing at a troubling rate.

03/10/2022

500,000 lives lost over the past two decades due to the Opioid Crisis.

People who lost loved ones or years of their own lives to opioid addiction are getting their first and perhaps only chance to confront members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

02/17/2022

The authors described the convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic with the opioid epidemic as a “perfect storm” for people with opioid addictions, whose stressors were aggravated by social isolation, loss of income and decreased access to medication treatment for opioid use disorder.

“Throwing money at a problem isn’t always the best solution,” Yost said. “Let the data be the guide to learn from the past. Addiction is a sickness you can’t cure with just cash.”

A new study links an increase in opioid overdose deaths to economic stimulus checks. The study, by the Ohio Attorney General’s Center for the Future of Forensic Science, has been peer-reviewed and …

01/01/2022

12/29/2021

We cannot stress this enough. ONE PILL CAN KILL!

What is fentanyl and how dangerous is it?
Fentanyl is a potent, synthetic opioid that is extremely dangerous to those who use it. This drug is 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine. Fentanyl is frequently used and reserved for opioid-tolerant patients. All users put themselves in serious danger of an overdose when using fentanyl.

12/25/2021

Merry Christmas & A Happy, Healthy New Year from TAFFOA.

12/24/2021

We are thrilled to announce another Therm-X device donation to the AHN Orthopaedic Institute to be used for the sports programs at and Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie!

12/22/2021

Your donation will help us complete opioid research, support injured student athletes and help recovering addicts.

Donate now: https://bit.ly/DonateToTAFFOA

Thank you!✨💛

12/15/2021

Opioid abuse, addiction, and the consequences do not discriminate! The cold hard truth is that anyone and everyone is at risk.

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12/01/2021

Dr. Yesh Navalgund, Clinical Contributor for TAFFOA provides his insight into potential impact.

"Their findings explain how heat, cold and touch initiate nerve impulses in the human nervous system. Affiliated board certified physician and director of physician education at the National Spine and Pain Centers, Dr. Yesh Navalgund, provides his insight into the potential impact that these significant discoveries will have upon those living with pain."

https://www.treatingpain.com/news-updates/2021/november/the-science-of-pain-dr-yesh-navalgund-discusses-/

On October 4, the Nobel Assembly awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Dr. David Julius and Dr. Ardem Patapoutian “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.” Their findings explain how heat, cold and touch initiate nerve impulses in the human nervo...

11/30/2021

TODAY is , and we really need your support to continue the work that we do! Please share and give what you can - every dollar counts.

To date we’ve donated opioid sparing alternatives to 41+ under funded schools in the great Pittsburgh area, 12+ US veterans recovering from surgery & a $15k donation for cancer caused neuropathy research with West Virginia University.

Help us continue our mission to provide opioid alternative medical equipment to injured student-athletes, recovering drug addicts, and funding/equipment donations for clinical studies of alternative to opioid therapies.

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11/30/2021

HAPPY

Donate Here. https://bit.ly/DonateToTAFFOA

The American Foundation for Opioid Alternatives, or TAFFOA, is devoted to conquering the challenges of the ever-growing opioid epidemic by raising funds to pay for opioid-sparing medical devices and medical services. TAFFOA supports underinsured injured student-athletes, recovering drug addicts; and to provide research funding for new and existing opioid-sparing technologies.

Learn More. https://www.taffoa.com