United States: A new study finds out that many of the tweens and teens are getting prescriptions for strong pain medicines called opioids before surgeries that probably won’t hurt a lot.
Even worse, some of these kids keep getting more opioids three to six months after their surgery, which might mean they’re becoming addicted to them.
“Our study found that these patients are still filling prescriptions that are either not recommended or are in excess of what they may need,” lead researcher Dr. Tori Sutherland an attending anaesthesiologist with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said in a news release.
Concerns Over Long-Term Opioid Use

As reported by HealthDay, It’s hard to believe that almost 1.4 million people in the United States went through the surgery and experts are concerned about them as these procedures could put them at the risk of opioid abuse of addiction.
Study Analysis and Findings
For the study the researchers analyzed nationwide the insurance data on more than almost 100,00 patients ages 11 to 20 who underwent 22 surgical procedures and either are commonly performed or are linked with the pain following the operation.
According the experts, this is not the right way of taking this, as the intake of opioid could be addictive among teens.

Results declare that almost half of the patients filled the prescription for opioids prior to their operation.
16 percent of those who had a prescription filled up to two weeks prior to the surgery for the procedures that aren’t likely to cause the severe postoperative pain.
Infact there are 3 percent of the patients according to the survey reports are filling the opioid prescription three to six months prior to their surgery and this particular thing indicates the persistent opioid use and possible addiction.