VA Opiate Overdose Rate Almost Double the National Average: Report
VA Opiate Overdose Rate Almost Double the National Average: Report
The death rate from opiate overdoses among Veterans Affairs patients is almost double the national average, according to a report by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Prescriptions for hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine have jumped 270 percent in the past 12 years among VA patients, the report found.
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VA doctors tell House lawmakers of pressure to prescribe veterans opiates
Click for larger image Heather McDonald speaks about her husband’s death at a House subcommittee hearing. Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran Scott Alan McDonald died of an overdose of Percocet on Sept. 13, 2012. Credit: Amanda Voisard/The Center for Investigative Reporting Department of Veterans Affairs physicians told a House subcommittee today that hospital administrators regularly pressured …
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VA doctors: Pressured to prescribe vets opiates
Heather McDonald speaks at a House subcommittee hearing about her husband’s death. Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran Scott Alan McDonald died of an overdose of Percocet on Sept. 12, 2012.
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