1 In 6 Returned Soldiers Use Opioid Painkillers, Study Finds

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1 In 6 Returned Soldiers Use Opioid Painkillers, Study Finds

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/01/soldiers-opioid-painkillers_n_5548472.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/u.HNKXTZHqyjbVLYDSBGig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/resize/200x200/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1887056/original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="1 In 6 Returned Soldiers Use Opioid Painkillers, Study Finds" align="left" title="1 In 6 Returned Soldiers Use Opioid Painkillers, Study Finds" border="0" /></a>By Bahar Gholipour, Staff Writer Published: 07/01/2014 10:21 AM EDT on LiveScience Almost half of the U.S. soldiers who have recently returned from deployment have chronic pain, and 15 percent use opioid painkillers, a new study finds. These new estimates of chronic pain and opioid use among soldiers are higher than those seen among the civilian population, the researchers said. About 26 percent of people in the general population report having chronic pain and 4 percent use opioids. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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