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  "id": 19376346,
  "title": "Opioid use can become long-term following surgery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/opioid-use-can-become-long-term-following-surgery",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-10T18:00:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-opioid-term-surgery.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Opioids are effective medicines for severe pain following surgery, but prolonged use is associated with risks such as dependence and overdose. In his thesis, Claes Gedda at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, investigated how common it is for patients in Sweden to continue using opioids after surgery, which patients are at higher risk, and whether usage…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}