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Changes in opioid prescribing to children, teens, young adults

2021-06-28
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: The rates, duration and dosages of opioids prescribed to children, adolescents and young adults from 2006 to 2018 were examined in this study.

Authors: Madeline H. Renny, M.D., of the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.1832)

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