Prescription Pain Meds: Sweet Relief or a Fatal Cure?

摘要

Anew report from the National Safety Council (NSC), Prescription Pain Medications: A Fatal Cure for Injured Workers." reveals that injured workers who take opioid prescription painkillers double their risk of being disabled a year later and their lost-time workers' comp claims can total as much as $ I 17.000, 900 percent higher than those of workers who didn't take the painkillers. Many workers who have taken opioid painkillers following on-the-job injuries have become addicted, suffered additional injuries or fatally overdosed.