In Medicaid patients, fatal overdose risk rises with opioid dose and sedative-hypnotic use

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Among Medicaid patients taking opioids for chronic pain, the risk of fatal overdose rises steadily with daily opioid dose, reports a study in the July issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

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