Opioid reduction campaign is working, physician says

9 February 2012, 8:54 am

WENATCHEE — There might be another factor in the rising cost of prescription opioids: The effort led by Wenatchee Dr. Malcolm Butler to reduce the amount of opioid prescriptions written for chronic pain. Since the effort began in October of 2010, the number of opioid-related deaths for Columbia Valley Community Health patients has dropped from 10 patients in 2010 to seven in 2011.... Read More »

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