Long-Term Opioid Use Could Depend on the Doctor Who First Prescribed It by JAN HOFFMAN

By JAN HOFFMAN

A study of the use of opioid painkillers found that patients who had encountered a “high-intensity” prescribing doctor in the emergency room were more likely to become long-term users.

Published: February 14, 2017 at 07:00PM

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