Prescription Painkillers Outpace Heroin, Cocaine in OD Deaths
Methadone Heroin: Prescription painkillers outpace heroin, cocaine in OD deaths
Overdose deaths from abuse of prescription painkillers in the U.S. now outnumber deaths involving heroin and cocaine combined, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.
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Methadone Heroin: Painkiller Overdose Death Rate Triples In Ten Years, USA
More Americans die annually from prescription painkiller overdoses than the combined total for cocaine and heroin, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report released today. Narcotic painkillers, such as Opana (oxymorphone), OxyContin (oxycodone), methadone, and Vicodin (hydrocodone) are killing over 40 people in the USA every day due to overdose. CDC Director Thomas Frieden, M.D., M.P.H, said …
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Methadone Heroin: Painkiller ‘epidemic’ strikes US
Lethal overdoses from prescription painkillers now account for more US deaths than heroin and cocaine.
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