Opioid doctor and pharmacy 'shoppers' may also shop at home, study finds

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) As states crack down on doctor and pharmacy 'shopping' by people who misuse opioids, a new study reveals how often those individuals may still be able to find opioids to misuse in their family medicine cabinets. For every 200 patients prescribed opioids, one had a family member whose opioid-misuse problem led them to seek the drugs from multiple prescribers and multiple pharmacies.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news