Opioid After Dental Work Ups Entire Family’s Risk of Overdose

Research reveals that the prescription of unnecessary opioids is having fatal consequences

The overprescription of opi- oids, even when safer pain- killers are adequate, leads to some people becoming trapped in addiction. Maria Daly Centurion/The Epoch Times

Overdose rates were two-and-a-half times higher among patients who filled a prescription for an opioid medication after a dental procedure, compared with those who didn’t, according to a new study.

Overdose rates were also higher among the family members of these patients—possibly from misuse of the leftover pills.