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

By JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health http://ift.tt/2lMvnl3
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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.
Long-Term Opioid Use Could Depend on the Doctor Who First Prescribed It - By JAN HOFFMAN - at Health - Keyword: Pain-Relieving Drugs, Emergency Medical Treatment, Research, Elderly - From The New York Times - Published at February 15, 2017 at 07:00AM