Posted on August-15-2013 under News about addiction Category

Deaths from Prescription Painkiller Overdoses Rise Sharply Among Women

 

The number of prescription painkiller overdose deathCs increased five fold among women between 1999 and 2010, according to a Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While men are more likely to die of a prescription painkiller overdose, since 1999 the percentage increase in deaths was greater among women (400 percent in women compared to 265 percent in men). Prescription painkiller overdoses killed nearly 48,000 women between 1999 and 2010............