Opioid Prescriptions Fell 10 Percent Last Year,

reports that, according to a report from IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science released Thursday, the number of opioid prescriptions filled at retail pharmacies dropped 10 percent in 2017, “the steepest drop in the amount of painkillers dispensed to patients in 25 years.” The Post reports the trend “suggests that public outrage over the opioid epidemic and regulatory, legislative, clinical and commercial measures have begun to curb their use by physicians and patients,” but the volume of prescription opioids “has receded only to the levels of 2006 and 2007.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/