OxyContin Continues to Devastate Appalachia
OxyContin continues to devastate Appalachia
These drugs include codeine, oxycodone (e.g., OxyContin, Percodan, Percocet), morphine, hydromorphone (e.g. Demerol and Dilaudid), propoxyphene (e.g. Darvon and Darvocet) and methadone (e.g. Dolophine and methadose). The quantity of prescription …
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Veterans Study: Prescribed Opioids Trigger Chronic Use
Since the 1990s both prescriptions and abuse of opioid drugs for veterans has steadily increased, with the fatal overdose rate among VA patients nearly double the national average. Prescriptions for four opiates—hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone, and …
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