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prescription drug addiction

To be sure

to be sure, the report didn’t breakdown what proportion of hospital admissions or emergency department visits related to abuse of the medications versus, for example, side effects that occurred when an older patient took opioids as prescribed bierman and other experts note that older adults often have chronic pain, along with multiple other chronic conditions,...

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prescription drug addiction – Although abuse of substances like heroin is a problem

although abuse of substances like heroin is a problem as well, experts say many overdose deaths in older adults involve prescription medications, and that misuse occurs gradually or without initial intent to abuse the drugs “they’re not using these medications to get high or for risk-taking but they’re using them to manage their pain,” says...

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prescription drug addiction – To be sure

to be sure, the report didn’t breakdown what proportion of hospital admissions or emergency department visits related to abuse of the medications versus, for example, side effects that occurred when an older patient took opioids as prescribed bierman and other experts note that older adults often have chronic pain, along with multiple other chronic conditions,...

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prescription drug addiction – To be sure

to be sure, the report didn’t breakdown what proportion of hospital admissions or emergency department visits related to abuse of the medications versus, for example, side effects that occurred when an older patient took opioids as prescribed bierman and other experts note that older adults often have chronic pain, along with multiple other chronic conditions,...

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