A big question now is when do opioids go from being safely prescribed to addictive problems.

“Every patient is different and has different needs,” Farah Khorassani, PharmD, Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California Irvine School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Services, told Healthline.

“Repeated administration of opioids can induce dependence, but this happens at different times for different people depending on diagnosis, psychological conditioning, environmental, and neurobiological factors,” Khorassani added.

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