Wisdom teeth removal, a common procedure typically performed during the teen years, may contribute to long-term drug use. Scientists from the University of Michigan studied how opioid painkillers ...
Wisdom tooth surgery is painful. But, a new study from the University of Michigan has some troubling numbers: Young people between the ages of 13-30 who filled prescriptions for opioids after the ...
Inside the Nice pharmacy on Allegheny Avenue in Kensington, employees busily fill prescriptions for waiting customers. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...
More than 50 percent of opioids prescribed to patients after surgical tooth extraction, like wisdom teeth removal, go unused by patients, according to a new study published in the journal of Drug and ...
AAOMS-published research links single-dose IV steroid to lower pain in first 24 hours ROSEMONT, Ill., April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study in a recent issue of the Journal of Oral and ...
Every year, about 5 million Americans, most of whom are adolescents and young adults, have their wisdom teeth removed. Many of them are prescribed opioids for the pain during recovery. The American ...