Prescription Drug Abuse: New Painkiller Is 10 Times Stronger Than Vicodin
Prescription Drug Abuse: New Painkiller Is 10 Times Stronger Than Vicodin
Drug companies are working to develop a prescription painkiller much more powerful than Vicodin, worrying addiction experts that it could lead to a new wave of drug abuse. With prescription painkiller abuse treatment climbing 430 percent over the past decade, addiction experts and drug control advocates are concerned that a new mega-dose of hydrocodone, the powerful ingredient found in the drugs …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: New powerful painkiller worries abuse experts
Prescription painkillers led to the deaths of almost 15,000 people in 2008. That’s more than triple the 4,000 deaths in 1999. Emergency room visits related to hydrocodone abuse rose from 19,221 in 2000 to 86,258 in 2009.
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