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Alternatives More Effective Than Opioids in Treating Dental Pain

Opioids aren’t among the most effective or longest lasting options available for relief from...

Hydrocodone Prescriptions Continue After Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

As the nation continues to wrestle with opioid misuse and addiction, oral and maxillofacial...

Topiramate Dosages Increase Risk of Cleft Lip and Palate

Taking a higher dose of topiramate during the first three months of pregnancy may...

Providers Now Cover Periodontal Medicament Carrier Code D5994

Two dental benefits providers, Companion Life (also doing business under Total Dental Administrators) and Kansas City Life,...

Most Adults on Opioids Keep Their Leftover Pills

Deaths from prescription opioid have quadrupled since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease...

CDC Issues New Opioid Rx Recommendations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new recommendations for prescribing...

Harvard Dental Gets Grant to Develop Opioid Rx Training

With alarming rates of prescription opioid abuse in mind, the National Institutes of Health...

Opioid Painkiller Overdose Deaths Increase in 2014

Overdose deaths caused by opioid pain relievers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone increased by...