Despite a nationwide increase in opioid prescriptions, doctors in Wisconsin have been prescribing fewer opioids leading to a decline in prescriptions since November 2015. According to a Wisconsin’s Controlled Substance Board report, prescriptions in Wisconsin have declined 10 percent since last year. National opioid prescription rates, on the other hand, have quadrupled between 1999 and … Continue reading Amid nationwide increase, Wisconsin opioid prescription on decline