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How many doctors have received payments from opioid makers? Look here

One in 12 physicians - and nearly one in five family medicine doctors – have accepted payments from drug makers that sell prescription opioid painkillers.

One in 12 physicians — and nearly one in five family medicine doctors — have accepted payments from drug makers that sell prescription opioid painkillers, according to a review of federal records. Although the analysis did not examine the extent to which payments may have influenced prescribing, the findings are certain to raise questions about the sway

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