Results: Fatal Drug Overdoses
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In 2010, 38,329 people died of drug overdoses in the United States, an uptick from the previous year and the latest sign of a deadly trend involving prescription painkillers. (Chris Hondros) The AMA (American Medical Association) released in their 2013 report that the U.S. has increasing drug overdose fatalities for the 11th straight year. Is this a surprise?
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74% of the deaths were accidental, and usually involved opioids (Pain pills like Vicodin) that were mixed with another drug like Valium. Do you think the mixing of drugs was accidental or intentional to get high? The prescribing Doctor(s) didnt know that painkillers and tranquilizers were going to be taken simultaneously
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The pharmacy didnt explain/point out that you cant mix these types of drugs
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The patient didnt look at the warning label or they forgot
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They took pills at different times of the day not knowing that these types of pills remain for a while in your system
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The different types of pills were taken together or closely together for a bigger buzz/high
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Nearly half of all accidental drug overdoses occur in Southern California. Why do you think this is? Lots of clinics willing to write prescriptions
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The weather is always nice, time to party
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Due to pharmacy break-ins
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People selling their prescriptions to make ends meet
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Home of the stars, its fashionable to take drugs
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Vicodin probably new drug of choice in So Cal high schools
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Vicodin is prescribed in volumes because it doesnt contain codeine, more dangerous than Tylenol with Codeine
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What could be a solution to get these number of deaths down? Take Vicodin off the market
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Conduct an investigation to see where most pain killer RXs are being written
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More health education at every level involving mixing drugs/accidental overdoses
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Reduce the amouint pain pills that are prescribed/dispensed
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Better cross referencing pharmacy software by MD and or patient that finds alerts for drug interactions
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Better patient background interview and current drugs, drug history
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My high school alma mater have random backpack/locker drug searches with police dogs. Waste of time or beneficial? Helpful
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Waste of time
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Little of both
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Do you know someone who has ever overdosed? Yes
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