Surgeries found to increase risk of chronic opioid use
Monday, July 11, 2016 - 12:01
in Health & Medicine
A study of health insurance claims showed that patients undergoing 11 of the most common types of surgery were at an increased risk of becoming chronic users of opioid painkillers, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. But the slight overall increase in risk of 0.5 percent in no way suggests that […]
