Americans Poisoning Themselves With Painkillers

Researchers say there’s an alarming trend growing across the U.S.”Every day in the emergency department here, we see a patient who has taken too many Percocet or Oxycodone or one of their painkillers or one of their sedatives, like Ativan or Valium, or combined those medications and comes in unresponsive,” Dr. Fred Harchelroad, an ER doctor at Allegheny General Hospital, said.

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