“As America battles an epidemic of deaths from misused pain pills, a new study suggests an inexpensive way to cut risky use of these drugs by people who have a high chance of overdosing.
And it could happen exactly where many patients get those drugs in the first place: the emergency room of their local hospital.
Just a single half-hour session with a trained therapist during an ER visit was enough to motivate people who misused prescription opioid painkillers to reduce their use as well as their riskiest behaviors, the study finds.”
Read more at: http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201604/taking-fight-against-risky-pain-pill-use-er-study-shows
Source: University of Michigan Health System – April 19, 2016
