Major initiative established to prevent opioid abuse and overdose

Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 08:30 in Health & Medicine

Fatal overdoses involving prescribed opioids tripled in the United States between 1999 and 2006, climbing to almost 14,000 deaths annually -- more than cocaine and heroin overdoses combined. Now a new report describes a major initiative to make opioid prescribing safer while improving care for patients with chronic pain.

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