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(Health-NewsWire.Net, May 28, 2015 ) Charlotte, NC -- The state of North Carolina has been dealing with it's residents drug abuse problems for countless years. Prescription drug abuse is one of the biggest problems the state is currently fighting against. Due to prescription painkillers being so easy to abuse, they are the most deadly drug in North Carolina. Prescription drug abuse claims the lives of more than 1,000 North Carolina residents year to year. As a means to fight against prescription drug abuse in the state, it is suggested that the state implements the use of a critical tool.
If North Carolina lawmakers were able to pass House Bill 744, that would ensure insurance coverage for prescription medications that are designed to deter abuse. Abuse-deterrent prescription medications are a critical tool that could help create a significant decline in prescription drug abuse
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, over 70 percent of Americans who abuse prescription painkillers have obtained them from their family members or friends. While persons who have been prescribed prescription medications should safeguard their prescriptions, an abuse-deterrent prescription drug could provide another layer of protection from misuse. If abuse-deterrent becomes the new deterrent for safe prescribing, a decline in drug abuse and overdose could be easily achieved.
Currently, some medical insurance companies in the state of North Carolina are making it difficult for doctors to prescribe abuse-deterrent drugs and making them unaffordable for patients. Action must be taken at the state level for these abuse deterrent drugs to become easier to access, in order to help achieve a significant decline in drug abuse. Until action is taken, the battle against prescription drug abuse in North Carolina cannot be won.
A medical associate from Drug and Alcohol Rehab Charlotte comments "I am a firm believer that if prescription drugs were designed in a manner to deter drug abuse that we could achieve winning the battle against prescription drug abuse in North Carolina. If prescription drugs were not so easily accessible the issue of prescription drug abuse would not be such a big issue. The answer is clear. The state has to take action in making it easier and more affordable to distribute prescription drugs that cannot be easily abused. However, in the mean time, the best any of us below state level can do is continue to raise awareness about prescription drug abuse, help as many drug abusers as possible, and continue to push for abuse deterrent prescription drugs."
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