Only a Quarter of Opioid Painkillers Taken After Most Surgeries

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7, 2018 -- Surgery patients typically use only one-quarter of the opioids they ' re prescribed for post-operative pain, a new study finds. And those leftover pills pose a risk of misuse, addiction and overdose, researchers at the...
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