A flood of opioids, a rising tide of deaths

N Engl J Med. 2010 Nov 18;363(21):1981-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1011512.

Author

Susan Okie¹

Affiliation

¹ Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.

PMID: 21083382
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1011512

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects*
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Drug Overdose / mortality
Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data
Drug and Narcotic Control / legislation & jurisprudence*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Oxycodone / adverse effects
Prescription Drugs / adverse effects*
Prescription Drugs / therapeutic use
Rural Population
State Government
Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders / mortality
United States / epidemiology
United States Food and Drug Administration
Washington

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Prescription Drugs
Oxycodone