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03-16-2016, 07:40 PM
CDC: Addiction risk outweighs use of opioid painkillers
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention condemned the ill effects of pain medications such as OxyContin and Vicodin on March 15 in its first-ever guidelines for prescribing such pills.*
The agency said it took action against overprescription as a step to combat the Untied States' increasing opioid epidemic. Opioids include many addictive painkiller medications as well as illegal ***** such as heroin.
SEE ALSO: The drug next door: Why every American should be worried about heroin (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/americas-heroin-epidemic/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
As patients become dependent on painkillers, many have turned to heroin as a cheaper alternative to satisfy their addiction.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/cdc-painkiller-recommendations/)
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention condemned the ill effects of pain medications such as OxyContin and Vicodin on March 15 in its first-ever guidelines for prescribing such pills.*
The agency said it took action against overprescription as a step to combat the Untied States' increasing opioid epidemic. Opioids include many addictive painkiller medications as well as illegal ***** such as heroin.
SEE ALSO: The drug next door: Why every American should be worried about heroin (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/americas-heroin-epidemic/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
As patients become dependent on painkillers, many have turned to heroin as a cheaper alternative to satisfy their addiction.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/cdc-painkiller-recommendations/)
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