'I don't see how it ends': expert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisis

Re:'I don't see how it ends': expert sounds alarm on new wav... by rsynnott on Sunday January 28, 2024 @11:37AM (#39167297)

I mentioned this elsewhere, but I had wisdom teeth out recently, and took ibuprofen and nothing else (they did give me a prescription for a heavier-duty NSAID, but from past experience those are no fun). It was _fine_, there was some pain, but that’s par for the course.

Opiods seem to be treated as almost essential for dental surgery in the US, and as a rare escalation path elsewhere.

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Re:'I don't see how it ends': expert sounds alarm on new wav... by anotherhue on Sunday January 28, 2024 @06:41PM (#39171084)

Same experience. No doubt there will be exceptions but prescribing them as standard seems like negligence.

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