Methadone Tied to One-Third of Prescription-Drug Deaths – Seattle Times

Drug Methadone: Methadone tied to one-third of prescription-drug deaths – Seattle Times
ATLANTA — Overdose deaths from powerful painkillers have been surging at an alarming rate in the U.S., but here’s a sliver of good news: The number blamed on methadone appears to have peaked. Still, methadone accounts for nearly one-third of …
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Drug Methadone: Overdoses on drug used to detox increasing – msnbc.com
Used in drug detoxification programs to help people kick their drug addiction, state health officials said methadone is actually leading to overdose deaths. Incidents involving people using and abusing methadone have been in the news recently.
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Drug Methadone: Methadone to blame for one-third of U.S. prescription painkiller deaths, CDC says – CBS News
(CBS News) Methadone accounts for only 2 percent of painkiller prescriptions in the United States – but the drug is behind more than 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday.
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