Adverse drug reaction - Beware of chemical substances

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alarming news 2013 from the United States: Fatal drug overdoses have increased for the 11th consecutive year in the United States. Official reports have shown that there are 38,329 Americans who died of drug overdoses in 2010. Further reports have underlined that 57% of the overdose cases were related to prescription drugs like Oxycontin and Percocet. Anti-anxiety drugs including Valium were also among common causes of medication-related deaths - involving in almost 30% death cases. Researchers have highlighted that deaths from prescription drug overdoses quadrupled from 1999 to 2010. Health officers are very concerned about the overdose cases as more than 74% of all prescription drug deaths were found to be accidental! Moreover, fatal prescription drug overdoses over the last decade have outnumbered deaths from the combination of heroine and cocaine...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9786130151096
• ISBN: 978-613-0-15109-6
• No. of pages: 124
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science