Nationwide, approximately 2 million people abuse or depend on prescription opioid painkillers like OxyContin and morphine. (health.com)
As prescription opioid painkillers claim an alarming number of lives every year, researchers are racing to better understand the brain's response to stress, and to identify alternate interventions, speakers said 18 September at AAAS. (aaas.org)
Of the more than 52,000 deaths due to drug overdose in 2015, prescription opioid painkillers such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, and fentanyl accounted for about 20,000. (nyanp.org)