The modestsize of the reduction among those who were notified of a deathsuggests “that clinicians exercised greater caution with opioidsrather than abandoning use,” according to the study. (Image:Shutterstock)
Physicians and other medical providers modestly reduced thevolume of opioids they prescribed after being told one oftheir patients had died of an overdose, according to research publishedThursday.
“You can hear a lot of statistics about the crisis,” said Jason Doctor, lead author of thestudy, published Thursday in the journal Science. “But it alwaysfeels like it is happening elsewhere if you are not aware of anydeaths in your own practice.”
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