Prescription Drug Abuse: CDC Answers Your Questions
Prescription Drug Abuse: CDC Answers Your Questions
In fact, overdoses tied to common opioid or narcotic pain relievers — like Vicodin (hydrocodone), OxyContin (oxycodone), Opana (oxymorphone), and methadone — killed more than 16,500 people in 2010. That's roughly 45 deaths per day — quadruple the …
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