Prescription Drug Abuse
- ISBN-10
- 1579511686
- ISBN-13
- 9781579511685
- Series
- Prescription Drug Abuse
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 140
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-09
- Publisher
- Ronin Publishing
- Author
- Mark Estren
Description
With prescriptions for powerful pain killers skyrocketing, causing overdoses and death, this timely volume shows how big prescription drug abuse is and what is being done about it, revealing the risks, benefits and the safe way to use some of modern healthcare's most miraculous medicines. Original.
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