Opioid Prescriptions Are on the Rise, But They Make You Fall

More and more people are being prescribed opioids for pain management. But there are man downsides to taking them, including, it turns out, falling down.

Between 2001 and 2010 the number of people who got a prescription for an opioid painkiller during an emergency department visit went up by 49%. Nearly one in three patients got one. But there are many problems with opioids, including that Subscribe!

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