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Prescription painkiller overdoses : use and abuse of methadone as a painkiller.

"Prescription painkiller overdoses were responsible for more than 15,500 deaths in 2009. While all prescription painkillers have contributed to an increase in overdose deaths over the last decade, methadone has played a central role in the epidemic. More than 30% of prescription painkiller deat...

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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, 2012.
Series:CDC vital signs.
Subjects:
Analgesics > United States > Statistics.
Methadone abuse > United States > Statistics.
Methadone abuse > United States > Prevention.
Analgesics, Opioid > poisoning.
Drug Prescriptions.
Methadone > poisoning.
Pain > drug therapy.
United States.
Patient Education Handout.
Popular Works.
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