For more than three months, Nicole Solomon has been lying in a hospital bed enduring severe pain and waiting for surgery that she is unable to get. ...
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MONDAY, July 15, 2024 -- Many tweens and teens are filling prescriptions for opioids far in advance of surgeries unlikely to be associated with severe pain afterward, a new study says.Worse, a significant minority continue to fill those opioid...
For more than three months, Nicole Solomon has been lying in a hospital bed enduring severe pain and waiting for surgery that she is unable to get. ...
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