Drug Overdose Deaths From Prescription Painkillers Spike Among Middle-Aged …

Drug Overdose Deaths From Prescription Painkillers Spike Among Middle-Aged …
For many decades, the overwhelming majority of U.S. overdose deaths were men killed by heroin or cocaine. But by 2010, 40 percent were women – most of them middle-aged women who took prescription painkillers. Skyrocketing female overdose death … Read more on Huffington Post

Opioid overdose deaths more common in women
Using data from he National Vital Statistics System multiple cause of death files and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), Mack and colleagues found that nearly 71% of the 15,323 deaths … Read more on Clinical Advisor

Prescription painkiller deaths have "skyrocketed" in women, says CDC
According to the study that analyzed data from the National Vital Statistics System and the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN for short), the rise in overdose deaths is part of a larger and worsening problem, as evidenced by some 943, 365 women who … Read more on eMaxHealth