Doctors prescribe opioids at high rates to those at increased overdose risk

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) The number of first-time prescriptions for opioid drugs has not risen since about 2010. However, patients taking a class of drug known to increase the risk for overdoses were likelier to receive a first-time opioid prescription -- a combination that could be linked to the current surge in opioid-related deaths.

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