Many Take Opioids Months After Hip, Knee Replacements - U.S. News & World Report

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Many Take Opioids Months After Hip, Knee Replacements U.S. News & World Report FRIDAY, June 3, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A significant number of patients continue to take powerful prescription opioid painkillers many months after joint replacement surgery, a new study shows. The findings are important because joint replacement ... What Big Pharma doesn't want you to know about the opioid epidemicSalon Editorial: A Drug Epidemic in Black, White and PurpleNBCNews.com Big, bad PharmaBeckley Register-Herald Seeking Alpha all 5 news articles »

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