trishabadjatia
Nov 28, 20252 min read
Pain, Prescriptions, and the Crisis We Don’t Talk About
Every year, millions of Americans are prescribed opioids after injuries, surgeries, and medical procedures, medications intended to support their recovery and healing. What starts as a legitimate prescription meant to help someone walk again, return to work, or sleep through the night can spiral into opioid use disorder (OUD), a condition affecting over an estimated 6 million people in the United States today ( CDC ). In 2023, more than 79,000 people died from opioid-involved
