Parents: Turkey makes great leftovers -- opioids do not

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Fri, January 17, 2020

Leftover prescription opioids pose big risks to kids, yet most parents keep their own and their child's unused painkillers even after they're no longer medically necessary for pain. But a new University of Michigan study published in Pediatrics suggests that convenient disposal paired with tailored risk education can improve those numbers. Brian Zikmund-Fisher was senior author on the study. Terri Voepel-Lewis was the first author.