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Opioid prescription
NPR Health
Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Are Slowing The Flow Of Pills — But Progress Is Slow
Julie Appleby
After a group of hospitals in Michigan implemented opioid prescribing guidelines, surgeons there reduced the number of pills they prescribed by around a third. Nationally numbers are slow to change.