Opioid prescriptions after knee, hip replacement on rise, study finds

Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 13:01 in Health & Medicine

Ninety percent or more of people undergoing total knee or hip replacement in 2017 received a prescription for an opioid pain reliever within 60 days of their surgery, up from 82% three years earlier.

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