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Title: Risks Rise As Methadone is Prescribed for Pain (Front)
Author : The Virginian Pilot
Release Date : January 17, 2008
Genre: Reference,Books,
Pages : * pages
Size : 60 KB

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From 1998 to 2006, the number of methadone prescriptions increased by 700 percent, according to DEA figures. Between 1999 and 2005, deaths that had methadone listed as a contributor increased nearly fivefold, to 4,462, a number that federal statisticians say is understated because states do not always specify the drugs in overdoses. By Erik Eckholmand Olga Pierce The New York Times