Opioid prescriptions filled after eye surgery doubled from 2000 to 2014

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September 19, 2019

Clinical Research

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A study from the University of Pennsylvania suggests efforts in the past decade to reduce the invasiveness and recovery time for ocular procedures have not impacted opioid use.