Six in ten adults prescribed opioid painkillers have leftover pills

Monday, June 13, 2016 - 13:31 in Health & Medicine

In the midst of an epidemic of prescription painkiller addiction and overdose deaths, a new survey suggests that more than half of patients prescribed opioids have leftover pills -- and many save them to use later.

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