Health and Fitness

Opioid Painkiller Prescribing Varies Widely Among States

Where you live makes a difference

Photo:  Spilled bottle of pills.
Health care providers in some states prescribed far more painkillers than those in other states.
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Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2014.  Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for opioid painkillers in 2012 – many more in some states than in others – according to a Vital Signsreport released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that highlights the danger of overdose. The report also has…

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