Though non-opioid painkillers can be just as effective, patients having dental procedures just before weekends and holidays are more likely to fill prescriptions for opioids.

Oral care coverage acts as a strong draw for enrolling in Medicare Advantage plans, National Poll on Healthy Aging finds.

Patients in their late teens and 20s had the highest risk of persistent use if they received opioids around the time of their extraction, a new study finds.