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Wide Variation and Overprescription of Opioids After Elective Surgery

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Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +16

Drug-poisoning Deaths Involving Opioid Analgesics: United States, 1999-2011.

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Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Toxicology +14

Defining Optimal Length of Opioid Pain Medication Prescription After Common Surgical Procedures

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Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +14

Controlled Substance Prescribing Patterns — Prescription Behavior Surveillance System, Eight States, 2013

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Public Health, Pharmacology, Disease Surveillance +13