Prescription Painkillers: 5 Surprising Facts

Consumer Reports - Quotes Seddon Savage, Geisel '80, associate professor of anesthesiology at Geisel and director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction Recovery and Education. "Opioids can be very safe if used as prescribed, but they are powerful medications that need to be respected," says Savage. "Taking someone else’s medication, combining them with the wrong thing, or just taking too much on a single occasion can be a fatal mistake." Read more...