
270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis
Freakonomics Radio
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How to Maximize the Use of Opioid Pain Relievers
Mortality rates have risen for the first time in ten years. Rise has been concentrated among a few groups, particularly white middle aged men. Wele says we need to think about over medication and under medication as not two poles of the use of pain medicine. The american medical association recently recommended that pain be removed as a fifth vital sign.
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