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If You Use Prescription Painkillers, This News Is for You

Deaths from prescription painkillers are up a whopping 16 percent since 2013, according to the Associated Press. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug, the Mayo Clinic reports, and more than have of Americans take two. Opioid-based painkillers are among the most commonly prescribed which, given their addicting nature, is concerning to public health officials. So how can you avoid the problems associated with such widespread drugs?

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If You Use Prescription Painkillers, This News Is for You

Deaths from prescription painkillers are up a whopping 16 percent since 2013, according to the Associated Press. 

Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug, and more than half of Americans take two. The problem is that opioid-based painkillers are among the most commonly prescribed which, given their addicting nature, is concerning to public health officials.

So how can you avoid the problems associated with such widespread drugs? 

Nicholas English
Content Manager of About.com Health
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