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Claire McCaskill: “Why are doctors not telling patients that what they are prescribing for them is addictive? What is that not said?”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2016
Why are doctors not telling patients that what they are prescribing for them is addictive? What is that not said?
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill questions why doctors don't inform patients about addiction risks of prescribed medications.

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