CDC: Prescription Painkillers More Lethal Than Cocaine and Heroin

Published July 3, 2013

CDC: Prescription Painkillers More Lethal Than Cocaine and Heroin

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

The rising number of prescription drug overdoses in the U.S. has prompted the CDC to urge doctors to use better practices with respect to how they treat pain and issue prescriptions for painkillers. “Health-care providers should follow guidelines for …
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Meds to Treat Addiction Often Hard to Get

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Also, prescribers also need a special Drug Enforcement Administration waiver created by the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 to prescribe certain opioid addiction drugs. The FDA subjects buprenorphine-containing products to a rigorous risk …
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Rx Painkiller Deaths Rising Faster in Women

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States also need to fund and implement prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), Frieden said, in order to combat typical problems such as doctor shopping. States should also increase access to substance abuse treatment, he added. The data come …
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