Dynamic changes in prescription opioids from 2006 to 2017 in Texas
Background The US is experiencing an epidemic of opioid overdoses which may be at least partially due to an over-reliance on opioid analgesics in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain and subsequent escalation to heroin or illicit fentanyl. As Texas was reported to be among the lowest in the US f...
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PeerJ Inc.
2019-12-01
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