Houston, we have a problem. (You too, Cleveland and Chicago and Minneapolis and Denver.) Stop looking so pleased with yourself, New York and California. America, we need to have a talk. About our dentists. And their opioid prescribing habits. This doesn’t have to be a long talk, but we do need to have it. And …
Most people have a healthy respect for the dangers of opioid and narcotic prescription medications and as a result, are careful to take them exactly as prescribed. But the public may not be as aware that even nonnarcotic, nonopioid pharmaceutical drugs can cause serious—even fatal—complications if they are taken in large doses that exceed prescribing …
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