Dr. Barry Dworkin

Opioid prescription numbers vary from province to province

Health Headlines Commentary for November 22, 2017

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Source:

Opioid prescriptions up across country, but daily doses dispensed down: report

Reference:

Amount of opioids prescribed dropping in Canada; prescriptions on the rise

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