'alarming' Number Of People Received Restricted Fentanyl, Study Says

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An "alarming" number of US patients received a highly potent form of opioid that is 100 times more powerful than morphine and that they never should have been prescribed, according to a new study.

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'alarming' Number Of People Received Restricted Fentanyl, Study Says

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