Sentences with phrase «opioid painkiller dependence»
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Some 11.5 million people misused the painkillers, and 1.9 million people reported opioid dependence or abuse, Beth Han of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in Rockville, Md., and colleagues report online August 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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More than 11 million people misused the painkillers and almost 2 million people had opioid dependence or abuse.
If researchers can use venoms to develop a drug that blocks this channel, we could provide relief for chronic pain sufferers and possibly shake our dependence on opioid - based painkillers, such as oxycodone or hydrocodone.