Risk for chronic opioid use low in older surgical patients

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 10:51 in Health & Medicine

Stephen FellerTORONTO, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Surgical patients older than than 66 are at very low risk for chronic use of opioids a year after surgery, according to a study by researchers in Canada.

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