Oversupply of pain pills after surgery helps fuel opioid epidemic – Fox News
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Oversupply of pain pills after surgery helps fuel opioid epidemic
Fox News More than two-thirds of surgery patients in a recent study had prescription opioids left over after they recovered from their operations, and the vast majority failed to safely store or dispose of the often misused and abused pills, researchers say … After surgery, more than two-thirds of patients wind up with leftover prescription opioids, study finds Unused Opioids Reported by Two Thirds of Surgery Patients Leftover opioid painkillers are a common dilemma for surgery patients, study says |
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