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Day: January 24, 2024

Prescribing opioids to people with opioid use disorder prevented deaths in B.C.

January 24, 2024 oceansidecat 0

From the BCCDC ​People with an opioid use disorder who were prescribed at least one day’s supply of opioids as part of the Province of British Columbia’s Risk Mitigation Guidance were 61 per cent less likely to die in the following week when compared to a similar group of people […]

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