Prescription Opioid Poisonings Nearly Double Among Toddlers and Teens
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A new study reports on the worrying numbers of children and teens admitted to hospital each year for prescription opioid…
A new study reports on the worrying numbers of children and teens admitted to hospital each year for prescription opioid…
Between 1997 and 2012, the number of children hospitalized for opioid poisoning has increased 165 percent.
Thousands of children are hospitalized annually for prescription opioid poisonings, and in recent years, hospitalization rates…
Teenagers are most at risk for opioid poisoning, but the rate more than doubled for toddlers from 1997 to 2012.; Credit: Hero…
Teenagers are most at risk for opioid poisoning, but the rate more than doubled for toddlers from 1997 to 2012.
Whether it's toddlers mistaking pills for candy or teenagers taking opioids on purpose, the huge rise in access to opioid…
As the nation continues to confront an epidemic of opioid and prescription painkiller addiction and overdoses, its victims seem…
As prescriptions for painkillers have increased, so have poisonings among children, researchers from the Yale School of…
Thousands of children are hospitalized annually for prescription opioid poisonings, and in recent years, hospitalization rates…