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Dr. J. Fred Stoner on Finding the Balance between Pain and Addiction
The opioid crisis makes headlines regularly, giving the impression that doctors are overprescribing opioid-based painkillers. While opioid addiction and deaths attributed to opioid overdoses is a serious problem, recent statistics indicate that doctors have become aware and are making an effort to stop feeding the addiction cycle. Since 2014, overall opioid prescriptions have been declining steadily at…