Sending Letters About Their Patients’ Overdoses Changes Doctors’ Prescribing Habits

Opioid prescriptions went down among doctors informed of patients

Many doctors never find out when a patient dies from an overdose. A new study shows that when find out, it can alter the way they prescribe addictive drugs.

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