Drug Methadone: Many Fatal Overdoses Linked to Methadone – New York Times (Blog)
Drug Methadone: Many Fatal Overdoses Linked to Methadone – New York Times (blog)
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Many Fatal Overdoses Linked to Methadone
New York Times (blog) Researchers writing in last week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report crunched data from the National Vital Statistics System and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The rate of overdose deaths involving methadone in 2009 was more than five times … Methadone blamed for 1 of 10 Ohio drug deaths CDC: Methadone overdose kills thousands a year Methadone often deadly |
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Drug Methadone: Methadone deaths still high but may have peaked – Foster’s Daily Democrat
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Methadone deaths still high but may have peaked
Foster’s Daily Democrat Roughly 15 years ago, doctors started prescribing methadone more often for pain, partly because they were looking for an alternative to OxyContin, a narcotic pain reliever that increasingly was being tied to drug abuse and death. Methadone seemed like … Methadone linked to 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths Methadone: A Major Driver of Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths OD deaths drop, but methadone still a killer in Utah, US |
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Drug Methadone: Innocent victims: Drug dependence begins early for some Mainers – Kennebec Journal
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Innocent victims: Drug dependence begins early for some Mainers
Kennebec Journal It was painful knowing her baby's withdrawal symptoms were caused by her own methadone treatment, said Lena, who spoke on condition her real name not be used. But to continue to use illicit drugs could have caused more serious health issues for her … |
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