Medications
Opioid pain reliever abuse called a top 5 public health challenge
The Centers for Disease Control calls prescription painkiller abuse "one of the worst drug overdose epidemics in history."
Feb 24, 2015
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Addiction
Opioid and heroin crisis triggered by doctors overprescribing painkillers
According to researchers at Brandeis University, the University of North Florida and Johns Hopkins University, policymakers must look beyond painkiller abuse, also called non-medical use, in their efforts to reduce opioid ...
Feb 4, 2015
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Medications
US painkiller abuse 'epidemic' may be declining, study says
(HealthDay)—The U.S. "epidemic" of prescription-painkiller abuse may be starting to reverse course, a new study suggests.
Jan 15, 2015
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Medications
Fatal ODs from narcotic painkillers have tripled in US
(HealthDay)—The epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse continues to take a deadly toll in the United States, with fatal overdoses involving drugs such as Oxycontin and Vicodin tripling over a decade, a new report shows.
Dec 2, 2014
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Medications
Number of pregnant women on narcotic painkillers, heroin doubles, study finds
(HealthDay)—The proportion of women dependent on drugs such as narcotic painkillers or heroin during pregnancy has more than doubled in the past decade and a half, a new study finds, though it still remains below a half-percent ...
Nov 18, 2014
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Addiction
US: Heroin deaths doubled in much of the country (Update)
Deaths from heroin overdose doubled in just two years in much of the United States, a new government study says.
Oct 2, 2014
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Medications
Most who abuse painkillers are unprepared if overdose strikes, study says
(HealthDay)—Although teens and young adults who abuse prescription painkillers face a high risk of overdose, most don't know how to respond when one occurs, new research shows.
Oct 2, 2014
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Medications
Big cities take aim at prescription painkillers
Some of the nation's largest cities are ratcheting up their criticism of prescription painkillers, blaming the industry for a wave of addiction and overdoses that have ravaged their communities and busted local budgets.
Sep 16, 2014
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Surgery
'Doctor-shopping' for painkillers common after broken-bone surgery, study finds
(HealthDay)—About one in five patients operated on for broken bones or other orthopedic trauma shops around for additional painkillers after surgery, a new study finds.
Aug 29, 2014
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Medications
New US restrictions on painkiller to take effect
The federal government is finalizing new restrictions on hundreds of medicines containing hydrocodone, the highly addictive painkiller that has grown into the most widely prescribed drug in the U.S.
Aug 21, 2014
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