We Have Been Prescribing Opioids Wrong. For decades. The…

We Have Been Prescribing Opioids Wrong. For decades. The world's largest opioid review just dropped. 59 systematic reviews. 50+ acute pain conditions. Children and adults both studied. The conclusion is uncomfortable for every prescribing doctor: Opioids did not provide large or lasting pain relief compared with placebo for the vast majority of acute pain conditions, with pain relief typically lasting only a few hours. Read that again. The drug we reach for first. The drug patients ask for by name. The drug that has caused a global addiction crisis. Often no better than placebo. It gets more specific: Opioids showed no advantage over placebo for kidney