Quantifying the Epidemic of Prescription Opioid Overdose Deaths
Autor: | Puja Seth, Rose A. Rudd, Tamara M. Haegerich, Rita K. Noonan |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Synthetic opioid
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health MEDLINE Opioid-Related Disorders Disease control United States National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Fentanyl 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine AJPH Surveillance Prescription opioid Emergency medicine Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Drug Overdose Medical prescription Epidemics business Prescription Drug Misuse 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | American Journal of Public Health. 108:500-502 |
ISSN: | 1541-0048 0090-0036 |
Popis: | The article examines the statistics of prescription opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. since 2016. It discusses the availability of illicitly manufactured synthetic opioids such as fentanyl that were previously prescription medications. The article goes on to discuss the need to improve surveillance through agencies like the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. |
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