• Minnesota medicine · Mar 2013

    The rampant abuse of prescription pain medications.

    • Carol Falkowski.
    • Drug Abuse Dialogues.
    • Minn Med. 2013 Mar 1;96(3):38-41.

    AbstractOpioid abuse has become a national and state public health crisis. This article reviews the extent of the problem in Minnesota, the relationship between prescription opioids and heroin, and the nature of addiction. It also describes what every physician can do to help remedy the situation.

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