Analysis of prescription patterns in opioid deaths shows startling findings: Re: Lev R, Lee O, Petro S, Lucas J, Castillo EM, Vilke GM, Coyne CJ. Who is prescribing controlled medications to patients who die of prescription drug abuse? Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jan.;34(1):30-5

Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Apr;34(4):748-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.01.035. Epub 2016 Feb 2.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Medicine*
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / mortality*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
  • Prescription Drug Misuse / mortality*
  • Prescription Drug Misuse / statistics & numerical data*