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Opioids for third-molar extractions linked to persistent use

Adolescents and young adults who fill an opioid prescription for wisdom teeth extractions are more than twice as likely to continue filling opioid prescriptions weeks or months later, according to new ...
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Oral analgesics & third-molar extractions: What works best?

Following a third-molar extraction, pain alleviation is foremost in most patients' minds. Is there one analgesic that works better than the rest? Two, actually, according to researchers from the ...
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Nonopioids Superior to Opioids on Day 1 After Third Molar Extraction

Nonopioids were noninferior on days 2 and 3 and during the postoperative period, with all confidence intervals within the margin of noninferiority. HealthDay News — For patients undergoing impacted ...
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Ditch the opioids: New Rutgers study shows over-the-counter pain meds may be more effective for post–wisdom teeth extraction

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 ...