Opioid prescribing for chronic pain: Achieving the right balance through education

In recent decades, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in opioid prescribing for chronic pain. That growth has been associated with increasing misuse of these medications, leading to alarming increases in unintentional opioid overdose deaths. In a new article, an expert recommends that prescriber education is the best approach to addressing the prescription opioid-misuse epidemic.

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