Pain Drug Abuse Numerous Deaths
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011Reliever medication or painkillers to relieve often with an adult friend to the pain of the body. Unfortunately, people are often addicted to painkillers and had led to a fatal overdose.
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published, non-prescription pain relievers (analgesics), which are not exactly mnyebabkan death of 15,000 people in the United States each year.
“While the drugs are opioid painkillers prescribed by doctors for the death of 40 persons per day has caused.” It can also be classified as an epidemic, “said CDC Director Dr.. CNNHealth reported by Thomas Frieden, Wednesday (11/02/2011).
Deaths from overdose of painkiller overdose deaths now exceeds the number of heroin and cocaine together. “Deaths from abuse of prescription pain killer for the death of the causes 3 times since 1999,” said Gil Kerlikowske, director of National Drug Control Policy.
According to information published on the prescription painkiller oxycodone November 1, 2011, often (Oxycotin), is methadone or hydrocodone (Vicodin) abuse.
But there are many brands that also abused other drugs, including:
Prior formulations of oxycodone: between brand and Roxicodone Oxyfast Percolone
According to oxycodone in combination with other drugs: between brand Endocet, Percocet, Percodan and Xolox
Third Hydrocodone: Lortab, including brand, Tussionex and Vanacet
Drug abuse is more common in men than in women, whites over other races, more in rural than in urban and more middle-aged than in young and elderly.
CDC recommends that doctors should also monitor their patients not to abuse these drugs. This allows many people to prevent drug abuse.
Physicians are also encouraged to prescribe opioid analgesics only when necessary. Kerlikowske said the U.S. government has set a target to reduce the abuse of prescription drugs by 15 percent in 2015.