{"id":10749,"date":"2018-06-22T08:54:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T12:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10749"},"modified":"2018-06-22T08:54:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T12:54:05","slug":"doling-out-pain-pills-post-surgery-an-ingrown-toenail-not-the-same-as-a-bypass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10749","title":{"rendered":"Doling Out Pain Pills Post-Surgery: An Ingrown Toenail Not The Same As A Bypass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the right painkiller prescription to send home with a patient after gallbladder surgery or a cesarean section?<\/p>\n<p>That question is front and center as conventional approaches to pain control in the United States have led to what some see as a culture of overprescribing, helping spur the nation\u2019s epidemic of opioid overuse and abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The answer isn\u2019t clear-cut. <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/doling-out-pain-pills-post-surgery-an-ingrown-toenail-not-the-same-as-a-bypass\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=63964846&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Wonyjzu9fVrWBpZlzJMqHuXel4OW9EOc4ITlwVmyxqaAwCk3O_fQehGL-ChOBeNVUIUw6zMgTqs46ZNgFTLBUq_Lg1A&amp;_hsmi=63964846\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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