New guidelines recommend optimal number of opioids

How many opioids should you prescribe following dental surgery? It depends on the procedure, according to a panel of dental experts from Johns Hopkins University. They recently published new prescribing guidelines for 14 types of dental procedures.

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Comments:

8/22/2018 10:59:10 PM
sedation doc

Just fx'd my wrist and had surgery. Been dealing with acute back issues for the last 3 months. I am getting annoyed being treated like an addict when I get my Rx's filled. I think the pendulum has swung to far in the opposite direction. hopefully we can get back to a happy medium.