Pill-related deaths top skin cancer, HIV fatalities | Oxy Watchdog

We already knew that opiate painkillers like OxyContin, Vicodin and hydrocodone are responsible for killing more Americans than cocaine or heroin, and that prescription drug abuse kills more people under the age of 34 every year than car crashes. Now, research shows that prescription opiates also kill more people than skin cancer, alcoholic liver disease and HIV, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal. The number of deaths associated with opioid analgesics increased tripled between 1999 and 2007, increasing from 4,041 to 14,459, the authors of the study found.

It?s interesting to note how long it takes a trend to be defined as an epidemic. But with these kinds of statistics, it?s pretty hard to ignore the toll prescription drugs are taking on our society.

I?m a San Francisco-based freelance journalist with a passion for reporting cultural and human interest stories. My youngest brother Pat was addicted to OxyContin and died of a heroin overdose in February 2009. I am currently working on a book about my brother?s addiction and death, and the Oxy-to-heroin phenomenon in general. This entry was posted in Informational, Surveys & Statistics, Trends and tagged addiction, Deaths, hydrocodone, methadone, narcotics, Opana, opiates, opioid, overdose, overdoses, oxy, oxycodone, OxyContin, pain medication, painkillers, Percocet, pharmaceutical, pills, prescription drug abuse, prescriptions, Roxycodone, Schedule II narcotics, Teen deaths, Vicodin, Xanax. Bookmark the permalink.

Source: http://oxywatchdog.com/2011/08/pill-related-deaths-top-skin-cancer-hiv-fatalities/

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