Surgery to remove wisdom teeth puts some teens and young adults on a path to opioid abuse
on Wed, 2018-12-05 10:00 Alyssa
For older teens and young adults, the extraction of so-called wisdom teeth is a painful rite of passage. A new study suggests it’s likely made more perilous by the package of narcotic pain pills that patients frequently carry home after undergoing the common surgical procedure.
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[1] https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-wisdom-teeth-opioids-20181204-story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68071772&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_T8ZdzrRGe2A3Mox_Axb4-9FHYxqHQF9wVyB6nlAUaBSZJ3t1R-02GCATJksWxX7ivJjstuuhac30Xo0twQpwOauuxQw&_hsmi=68071772