Drug Methadone: Methadone: A Major Driver of Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths – TIME

Drug Methadone: Methadone: A Major Driver of Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths – TIME


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Methadone: A Major Driver of Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths
TIME
The research showed further that about 4 million methadone prescriptions for pain are written annually and the drug causes about 5000 overdose deaths each year. While most overdoses involve mixtures of drugs, methadone accounted for 40% of deaths
Methadone tied to one-third of prescription-drug deathsThe Seattle Times
Methadone cited in 30 percent of painkiller deaths: CDCReuters
Methadone deaths still high but may have peakedSan Francisco Chronicle
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Drug Methadone: Methadone clinic supported – London Free Press

Methadone clinic supported
London Free Press
A methadone clinic or detox services would be set up to help drug users in Perth and Huron. At the moment, if someone needs methadone to stay off an opiate drug like OxyContin they have to go to Woodstock, London or Kitchener. Initially, people

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Drug Methadone: Methadone: Good Safe Drug Kills Thousands Marijuana: Bad Unsafe Drug Kills … – Salem-News.Com


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Methadone: Good Safe Drug Kills Thousands Marijuana: Bad Unsafe Drug Kills
Salem-News.Com
(MOLALLA, OR) – The New York Times published on July 10, 2012 that Methadone accounted for about 1/3 of deaths caused by opiate and opioids pain relievers in 2009 but they didn't give the actual figure. The opiate, Oxycodone, causes the most deaths

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