Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Women Painkiller Epidemic: Deaths Up 400 Percent Over Last Decade

CDC:  Women's Painkiller Overdose Deaths Up 400 Percent Over Last  Decade by Michelle Castillo.  July 2, 2013.

(1)  About _________ women have died from painkiller overdoses between 1999 and 2010.

(2)  Since 2007, more women have died from drug overdoses than _________________.

(3)  ______ percent of female suicides are committed with prescription painkillers.

(4)  For every woman who died of a prescription painkiller overdose, _______ more went to the emergency room for misuse or abuse.

(4) _________ percent of drug overdose deaths involved prescription painkillers.

(5)  Increased _________ rates may be behind the rising death rate.

(6) Women may be more vulnerable is that they are more likely to be ___________.

(7)  Opioid prescriptions are in the same family as ____________.

(8)  What is NAS?

(9)  The ______________ Act will provide improved access to _____________________.

(10)  What is a PDMP?

(11)  The CDC is encouraging health providers to _________________.

(12)  What are some of the actions that patients should take to curb abuse?


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