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Opioids are overprescribed for women who have cesarean deliveries

By The Philadelphia Inquirer  
   October 23, 2019

One study found one in 300 women becomes dependent on opioids after a cesarean delivery. With more than a million cesareans a year in the United States, that means 3,300 new mothers will get hooked on drugs that can harm them and their newborns.

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