Prescription opioid abuse has reached epidemic proportions, with more than half of patients being treated for chronic pain reportedly misusing their medication at some point.
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Fighting opioid painkiller abuse among boomers
Posted on 13 December 2015.
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Aging Americans fuel painkiller sales
Posted on 05 April 2012.
By Chris Hawley NEW YORK — Sales of the nation’s two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients’ suffering is spawning an addiction epidemic. From New York’s Staten Island to Santa Fe, N.M., Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) […]
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