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Doctors reduce opioid prescriptions, study finds

By Kimberly Leonard
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Doctors reduce opioid prescriptions, study finds

Doctors have reduced their prescribing of opioid painkillers for the fifth year in a row, the nation’s largest physician group announced.

The American Medical Association found that between 2013 and 2017, the number of opioid prescriptions fell by more than 55 million, a 22.2 percent decrease.

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