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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
August 21, 2008
In 2006, Americans received nearly 2.4 billion drug prescriptions from doctors' offices, hospital outpatient departments or emergency departments. Painkillers were the most commonly prescribed drug, given at almost three times the rate of the next most common....