Opioid epidemic fuels new dental-prescribing policy - News - Savannah Morning News - Savannah, GA

Opioid epidemic fuels new dental-prescribing policy - News - Savannah Morning News - Savannah, GA: When Savannah dentist Rod Strickland lost a relative to opioid addiction, the pain-pill crisis affecting the nation hit home for him.“A cousin’s son died of an overdose the day before he was 24,” Strickland said. “That was very traumatic to the family, and that was four or five years ago.” Strickland became more judicious in the opioid prescriptions he wrote, and now he instructs patients to take ibuprofen, the active ingredient in Advil and Motrin,