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Original post: Newswise - Drug and Drug Abuse Roswell Park Study: Chronic Opioid Use Reduced by Limiting Prescribed Opioids After Surgery
Research at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that putting a three-day limit on opioid prescriptions to treat surgical pain after hospital discharge reduces the number of patients who become chronic opioid users without compromising pain relief or recovery. It also reduces the amount of opioids circulating in the community — a grave concern, given that opioids are implicated in 130 overdose deaths in the U.S. every day.