Dentists over-prescribe opioid painkillers following procedures, study says

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

A study has found that more than half of all opioid prescriptions for dental procedures written in the U.S. between 2011 and 2016 exceeded the three-day supply limit recommended by the CDC.

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