DECLINING OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS
Americans who have a tooth pulled or another painful dental procedure in the United States today are far less likely to get opioid painkillers than they were just a few years ago, a new study shows. That’s good news since research shows that opioids are not necessary for most dental procedures.
In all, dental opioids dispensed to U.S. patients of all ages declined 45% from 2016 to the end of 2022. But even with the decline, 7.4 million dental patients of all ages filled opioid prescriptions in 2022.
Fortunately, opioid prescriptions to teens and young adults — who face especially high risks related to opioids — kept declining at a rapid rate after the pandemic pause in dental care, the study finds. But for other groups, the rate of decline slowed after June 2020.
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