Prescription painkiller overdoses in the US.

Prescription painkiller overdoses in the US.

"Deaths from prescription painkillers have reached epidemic levels in the past decade. The number of overdose deaths is now greater than those of deaths from heroin and cocaine combined. A big part of the problem is nonmedical use of prescription painkillers--using drugs without a prescription,...

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Corporate Author: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention (Author)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Atlanta, Georgia] : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011.
Series:CDC vital signs.
Subjects:
Analgesics > Overdose > United States > Statistics.
Analgesics > Overdose > United States > Prevention.
Analgesics, Opioid > poisoning.
Pain > drug therapy.
Prescription Drugs.
United States.
Patient Education Handout.
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