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Rising overdose risks from increased painkiller prescribing

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

An article in MedPage Today considers the fact that over the past few decades, opioid prescriptions have multiplied dramatically, but opioid abuse has also increased in parallel among chronic pain patients. It might be a surprising fact that opioid analgesics cause more deaths from overdose than either cocaine or heroin, in the United States. Short-acting ... read more »