New policies, educational programs help, but don't solve, problems with opioid abuse
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Medical provider training, new clinic policies and efforts to 'taper' opioid use for pain treatment could significantly reduce the level of opioid medication that patients used -- a limited but positive step for a nation enmeshed in opioid use, abuse and overdose deaths.