Initial treatment for lower back pain is associated with subsequent risk of opioid use disorder and overdose

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   Initial treatment for lower back pain is associated with subsequent risk of opioid use disorder and overdose

   Adults on Medicaid who began treatment for a new bout of low back pain with a higher-dose opioid prescription were about two and a half times as likely to later show signs of opioid use disorder or overdose, according to a study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and…

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