Cdc concerns
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- 1. CDC Warns ofProblematic Prescribing By Kay Van Wey
- 2. The CDC has called attention to two different instances this week regarding the inappropriate prescriptionof drugs by physicians.This is cause for concern...Source: Propublica (Part of an ongoing investigation...)
- 3. The two concerns from the CDC? On Monday...On Tuesday...They reported thatOn Tuesday, the CDC statedphysicians are the primaryit found vast differences insource of narcotic painkillersthe use of antibiotics amongfor chronic abusers at thedifferent hospitalshighest risk for abuse.medical/surgical wards.Physicians edged out evenSome hospitals prescribedfamily, friends and drug3 times as many antibioticsdealers.as others.
- 4. More than 16,000 people died of narcotic overdoses in 2010, the most recent year for which data is available, the CDC has reported.
