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Opioid prescriptions for cancer patients have declined in recent yearsHowever, prescription rates have remained stable for advanced cancer patients in painCancer patients also are getting opioids after undergoing surgery

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The fight against America’s opioid crisis does not appear to have cost cancer patients the painkillers they need, a new study says.

There was a decline in opioid prescriptions among cancer patients between 2016 and 2020, researchers reported in the October issue of the journal Cancer .

But opioid prescriptions remained stable among patients in pain from advanced cancer.

Instead, opioid scrips mainly dropped among cancer patients reporting no pain, researchers said.

“Reassuringly, our study shows that decl

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