SPECIAL REPORT

Study: Opioid painkillers do not improve patient health

Opioids may relieve pain, but they do not do much to improve the health of patients with back problems, headaches, or fibromyalgia, according to the American Academy of Neurology.

"This is the first position paper by a major American specialty society saying that there is a real problem here and the risk might not be worth the benefit for certain conditions."
—Gary M. Franklin, MD, MPH

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