YEP, THEY’VE GONE WAY OVERBOARD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION: How nursing home residents got caught in the opioid backlash. “Since the height of the opioid epidemic, doctors have been prescribing fewer of these medications. A new study from UC San Francisco shows that this trend extends to nursing home residents who may need opioids to manage chronic pain.”

Helen had dental surgery a couple of weeks ago, and the pain meds they gave her were woefully inadequate.