Digital pills successfully monitor opioid use after injury

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) BWH investigators report on the results from a pilot study of 15 individuals who received a prescription to take oxycodone digital pills as needed following treatment for acute fractures. The team found that the opioid-na ï ve patients self-administered opioids to manage pain for only a brief period and only took a fraction of the number of pills they were given.
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