The American Journal of Managed Care: Millions Are Still on Long-Term Opioids, and They’re Getting Older Despite a 24% drop since 2015, over 4 million Americans remain on long-term opioids, and they’re older, on Medicare, and increasingly coprescribed risky drugs. "Our main finding is that while long-term opioid therapy has declined, it remains common among Americans. Also, co-prescribing with gabapentinoids rose between 2015 and 2023," Nguyen told MedPage ...

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Medical Xpress on MSN: Long-term opioid prescribing has fallen, but millions still receive extended opioid therapy Long-term opioid prescribing has fallen in the United States over the last decade, but millions of patients still received opioids for 90 days or longer in 2023, according to a new research letter in ... Long-term opioid prescribing has fallen, but millions still receive extended opioid therapy New York Post on MSN: Scientists may have found the 'holy grail' of pain management: a non-addictive opioid Scientists may have found the 'holy grail' of pain management: a non-addictive opioid