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Dentists Wrestle with Prescribing Opioids

Opioid abuse continues to dominate the national conversation. In 2015, 12.5 million people misused...

Most Prescribed Opioid Pills Go Unused

In a review of half a dozen published studies in which patients self-reported use...

Providers Prescribe Fewer Opioids, Though Dangers Persist

The number of opioids prescribed in the United States peaked in the United States...

State Dental Association Releases Comprehensive Opioid Guidelines

The New Jersey Dental Association (NJDA) has released guidelines on safely prescribing and dosing...

Surgeon General Campaign Aims to Reduce Opioid Prescriptions

With opioid overdose deaths quadrupling since 1999, US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD,...

Most Adults on Opioids Keep Their Leftover Pills

Deaths from prescription opioid have quadrupled since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease...

CDC Issues New Opioid Rx Recommendations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new recommendations for prescribing...

Opioid Painkiller Overdose Deaths Increase in 2014

Overdose deaths caused by opioid pain relievers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone increased by...

ADA Joins White House Fight Against Rx Drug Abuse

President Obama launched an initiative to combat rising rates of opioid and other drug...