Treating dental pain with opioids linked to higher risk of overdose in patients & families

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Patients whose dental procedure pain was treated with opioids were more likely to have an overdose within 90 days, as were their family members, a new study of records from millions of people with private and Medicaid dental coverage shows.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news