Doctors Weigh in on the Right Way to Stop Prescribed Opioids

Doctors Weigh in on the Right Way to Stop Prescribed Opioids
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Opioid addiction and the illness and death associated with the misuse of these drugs is a growing health crisis.
Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made headlines with news that 2021 saw an unprecedented number of overdose deaths from opioid use.  
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George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.
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