Opioid addiction has been linked to dental procedures as the drugs are regularly used during the extraction of wisdom teeth. Used in anaesthesia and as a pain killer, opioids are known to be addictive and even small doses over a short period can lead to addiction problems.<\/p>\n
According to statistics:<\/p>\n
– 25% of patients prescribed a short course of opioids were still on the drug a year later<\/p>\n
– 75% of opioid abusers began with drugs prescribed by a dentist or doctor<\/p>\n
– 80% of heroin addicts started on opioids<\/p>\n
It is also estimated that children prescribed opioids in elementary school \u201chave a one-third chance of lifetime illicit use\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n Further information on the topic can be found at https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/10\/opinion\/dentists-opioids-addiction-.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Opioid addiction has been linked to dental procedures as the drugs are regularly used during the extraction of wisdom teeth. Used in anaesthesia and as a pain killer, opioids are known to be addictive and even small doses over a short period can lead to addiction problems. According to statistics: – 25% of patients prescribed … Continue reading Dentists Cutting Back on Opioids<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t