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Dentists Wrestle with Prescribing Opioids
Opioid abuse continues to dominate the national conversation. In 2015, 12.5 million people misused...
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Most Prescribed Opioid Pills Go Unused
In a review of half a dozen published studies in which patients self-reported use...
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Providers Prescribe Fewer Opioids, Though Dangers Persist
The number of opioids prescribed in the United States peaked in the United States...
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State Dental Association Releases Comprehensive Opioid Guidelines
The New Jersey Dental Association (NJDA) has released guidelines on safely prescribing and dosing...
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Surgeon General Campaign Aims to Reduce Opioid Prescriptions
With opioid overdose deaths quadrupling since 1999, US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD,...
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Most Adults on Opioids Keep Their Leftover Pills
Deaths from prescription opioid have quadrupled since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease...
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CDC Issues New Opioid Rx Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new recommendations for prescribing...
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Opioid Painkiller Overdose Deaths Increase in 2014
Overdose deaths caused by opioid pain relievers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone increased by...
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ADA Joins White House Fight Against Rx Drug Abuse
President Obama launched an initiative to combat rising rates of opioid and other drug...