VA's Opiate Overload Feeds Veterans' Addictions, Overdose Deaths
VA's opiate overload feeds veterans' addictions, overdose deaths
Prescriptions for four opiates – hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine – have surged by 270 percent in the past 12 years, according to data CIR obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. CIR's analysis for the first time exposes the full …
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Film looks at prescription opiate addiction
A still from “The Hungry Heart,” a new film about prescription pill addiction in Vermont. The film will be … Holmes is certified to prescribe Suboxone, the commercial brand of buprenorphine, a synthetic opioid used to prevent withdrawal symptoms …
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