Wednesday, May 16, 2012

I-Team: ER Visits Tied to Xanax, Similar Drugs Soar in NYC

I-Team: ER Visits Tied to Xanax, Similar Drugs Soar in NYC


Doctors are rethinking the frequency with which they give out the prescription

A rise in prescription drug abuse involving Xanax and similar anti-anxiety pills in recent years has prompted some doctors in the U.S. to rethink the frequency with which they dole out the prescription.

Between 2004 and 2009, New York City emergency room visits involving Xanax and other anti-anxiety prescription drugs known as benzodiazepines increased more than 50 percent. That's up from 38 out of 100,000 New Yorkers in 2004 to 59 out of 100,000 New Yorkers.


TONY DIGIROLAMO- AMERICANS RUSHING TO THE IDOL OF MEDS.
This statement is laughable and even speaks volumes about the doctors we trust so much, "Dr. Karl Rickels, an expert on benzodiazepines at University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Psychology, said Xanax and similar drugs need to be better understood by the physicians who prescribe them."
They don't and they don't care... you keep going back for more.

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