overuse

More Than Half of Dental Opioid Prescriptions Exceed CDC Guidelines

About half of the opioid prescriptions written by dentists in the United States exceed...

100 Million Opioids Go Unused After Tooth Extractions

More than half of the opioids prescribed to patients after the extractions of wisdom...

Experts Call for Global Targets in Reducing Antibiotic Usage

The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could reduce or even eliminate the effectiveness...

Antibiotics May Do More Harm Than Good

The next time you intend to give your patient an antibiotic for a toothache...

Efforts to Curb Antibiotic Overuse Go Viral

More doctors are prescribing antibiotics to fight infection, and they’re losing their effectiveness as...