The number of Americans who died from overdoses of prescription painkillers more than tripled in the past decade...
Workers Comp - Hydrocodone BIT acetaminophen is included in more than 20 percent of the narcotics prescribed in the...
Narcotics Research - Thomson Reuters Health Poll, we asked Americans about their experience with narcotic painkillers...
Prescription Painkillers - An estimated 14,800 people died in the United States from painkiller overdoses in 2008...
Narcotics Research - The top 1 percent of narcotic users consume 40 percent of all narcotics," NCCI reported...
Workers Comp - In 2001, the average cost per claim for narcotics was $18 and has increased to $35 in 2009...
30.5% of respondents who reported using narcotic painkillers did so for chronic pain...
Narcotics Research - The top 10 percent of narcotic users in the workers' comp system consume 80 percent of all narcotics.
Prescription Painkillers - More people now die from painkillers than from heroin and cocaine combined.
8.2% of high school seniors reported past year use of Amphetamines in 2011, up from 6.6% in 2009...
Workers Comp - In 2001, 8% of medical claims received narcotics within 1 year from injury. By 2004 it was 11%, and by 2008...