Study suggests increase in adverse effects due to use of opioids in hospitalized children

(American Academy of Pediatrics) New research to be presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2017 National Conference and Exhibition in Chicago suggests an urgent need for safer children's pain medications, with the number of hospitalized infants, children and teens who experienced adverse reactions to opioid painkillers increasing by more than half between 2003 and 2012.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news