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Can Wisdom Tooth Extraction Lead to Opioid Addiction?

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The opioid epidemic in the US continues to get worse. In 2017, the number of opioid-related deaths in the US increased by about 16 percent–an acceleration in a decades-long trend. The opioid epidemic has been driven by the excessive prescription of opioid medication starting in the mid 1990s with a marketing campaign to convince doctors… Continue Reading Can Wisdom Tooth Extraction Lead to Opioid Addiction?

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New Breakthrough in Non-addictive Pain Medication

Addiction in Utah, Substance AbuseBy wpengine

About 72,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2017, and at least two thirds of those deaths were opioid related. The opioid crisis has been driven by overprescription of opioid painkillers over the past 30 years. Opioid manufacturers convinced doctors that pain was being undertreated and that opioid medications were non-addictive and safe for… Continue Reading New Breakthrough in Non-addictive Pain Medication