After undergoing a wisdom tooth extraction, one of the most common post oral surgery issues people encounter is getting food stuck in the healing sockets.
hoping to spike their profits. the result? a massive increase in opioid prescriptions from doctors and a huge infusion of narcotics into communities across the country. it is now common for example for patient to receive opioids after having there with them teeth removed. a recent study found that a majority of those pills go unused by those patients after surgery. 100 million tablets in american neighborhoods. just from wisdom teeth extraction. multiply that by countless knee surgeries and back injuries and a diagnoses of chronic pain and you begin to understand the scope of this problem and how it leads ultimately to the crushingly sad tableau playing out in east liverpool, ohio. they were trying to get to a hospital after realizing his companion had overdosed. when paramedics arrived they were able to administer narcan but her body had started to turn
the result? a massive increase in opioid prescriptions from doctors and a huge infusion of narcotics into communities across the country. it is now common for example for patient to receive opioids after having there with them teeth removed. a recent study found that a majority of those pills go unused by those patients after surgery. 100 million tablets in american neighborhoods. just from wisdom teeth extraction. multiply that by countless knee surgeries and back injuries and a diagnoses of chronic pain and you begin to understand the scope of this problem and how it leads ultimately to the crushingly sad tableau playing out in east liverpool, ohio. they were trying to get to a hospital after realizing his companion had overdosed. when paramedics arrived they were able to administer narcan but her body had started to turn blue from lack of oxygen.
being raised. we prescribed 136 million prescriptions of hydrocodone compounds each year. 147 million patients are getting prescriptions. yes there are patients that need the prescription for legitimate medical need. after surgery. after wisdom teeth extraction. there are many patients with chronic pain a 100 million patients in the united states are taking these medications for chronic pain. so the problem here is not just prescribing these medications but the length of the prescriptions. who is getting them? are they being prescribed appropriately? what is the time frame. you do not need 90-day prescription if you re having your wisdom teeth removed. so the length of the prescription is relevant. the problem with this issue is that we know that addiction is a huge problem and the problem is getting worse. 15000 deaths a year. but there are people who need these medications. jenna: let me ask you a little bit about that because it seems like these drugs are so dangerous. are they so g