How Significant is American’s Misuse of Prescription Medication?
Quest Diagnostics conducted a study between 2011-2016 on adherence of patients prescribed pain medication. The specimens were tested for both opioids and benzodiazepines for patients prescribed at least 1 drug. With specimens indicating concurrent use of both opioids and benzodiazepines per the Journal of Addiction Medicine 52% were prescribed one of the drug class, the […]
