Opioid-related hospitalizations rising in Medicare patients without opioid prescriptions

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) A 2014 federal change that limited the dispensing of hydrocodone products may be indirectly contributing to the illegal use of some of those drugs, a study by University of Texas Medical Branch researchers has found.

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