During 1999–2006, the number of poisoning deaths in the United States nearly doubled, from approximately 20,000 to 37,000, largely because of overdose deaths involving prescription opioid painkillers (1). This increase coincided with a nearly fourfold increase in the use of prescription opioids nationally (2). In Washington, in 2006, the rate of poisoning involving opioid painkillers [...]
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// by ROBIN WILLIAMS ADAMS TAMPA — Pain treatment, a field fraught with potential for abuse by patients and doctors, is under the microscope. Florida is trying to stop improper use of painkillers by requiring pain clinics to register with the state and establishing an electronic database to monitor prescriptions. Having that database is expected to make [...] |
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