Historique
Article de Périodique
Methadone overdose deaths rise with increased prescribing for pain (2012)
Auteur(s) :
B. M. KUEHN
Article en page(s) :
749-750
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
METHADONE
;
SURDOSE
;
MORTALITE
;
PRESCRIPTION MEDICALE
;
DOULEUR
;
ANTALGIQUES
Résumé :
Methadone was involved in more than 30% of overdose deaths linked to the use of prescription painkillers in 2009, despite the drug making up only about 2% of painkiller prescriptions that year, according to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).