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FRIDAY,March 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) — When American doctors give their patients narcotic painkillers, or 99 percent of them hand out prescriptions that exceed the federally recommended three-day dosage limit,current research suggests.
And some doctors e
xceeded that limit by a lot: Nearly one-quarter gave out month-long dosages, despite the fact that research has shown that [...]

Source: health.com