I recently posted an article by Consumer Reports stating that 17,000 American now die every year from prescription narcotic drugs. Here is an article discussing a new study from Dartmouth School of Medicine revealing that roughly 4 million Americans too disabled to work are prescribed heavy-duty painkillers, such as OxyContin, Vicodin, codeine and morphine. The study also found that one in five of those prescriptions are for doses so high that they put patients at risk for serious side effects and even overdose.
Plus, it’s not even clear that the drugs help!
Does anyone have any thought on this new study?
http://www.freep.com/article/20140816/FEATURES08/308160061/disabled-painkillers-dangers-overdoses
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