Inappropriate prescribing of opioids

What role do doctors play in the opioid crisis? A new research finds nearly 30 percent of all opioids prescribed in US clinics or doctors’ offices lack a documented reason to justify a script for these addictive drugs. According to a study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, in total, opioids were prescribed in almost 809 million outpatient visits over a 10-year period, with 66.4 percent of these prescriptions intended to treat non-cancer pain and 5.1 percent for cancer-related pain. Read article here…

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