| |  | | | | | News Alert | Fri., Dec. 09, 2016 1:21 p.m. |
| | | | | A third of long-term users of prescription opioids became addicted or dependent, poll finds | | Virtually all long-term users surveyed said they were introduced to the drugs by a doctor’s prescription, not by friends or through illicit means, a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll found. But more than 6 in 10 said doctors offered no advice on how or when to stop taking the drugs. And 1 in 5 said doctors provided insufficient information about the risk of side effects, including addiction. | | Read more » |
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