Prescription drug overdoses in the nation’s emergency rooms increased 111 percent over the course of three years, according to a new study.
Among painkillers, the drugs driving the overdoses from 2004 to 2007 were oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone, according to the study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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