TY  - JOUR
T1  - PEtition targets painkiller marketing in effort to curb overdose deaths
AU  - Kuehn BM
Y1  - 2012/09/26
N1  - 10.1001/2012.jama.11248
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1194
EP  - 1196
VL  - 308
IS  - 12
N2  - 
As the number of deaths in the United States involving overdoses of prescription opioid medications continues a decade-long increase, a multidisciplinary group of clinicians is calling on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise the labels of these drugs. They argue that aggressive marketing of painkillers for chronic noncancer pain has contributed to this ongoing public health crisis, despite limited evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of these medications for patients with chronic noncancer pain.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/2012.jama.11248
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2012.jama.11248
ER  -