Prescription Opioid Use Linked To Drug Overdoses
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 19:28
in Health & Medicine
Though it's commonly thought that most opioid overdoses occur among drug abusers and people who obtain the drugs illegally, a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine links the risk of fatal and nonfatal opioid overdose to prescription use—strongly associating the risk with the prescribed dose. read more