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What Happens When People With Gut Disease Take Long-Term Opioids? A Nationwide Reality Check

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Opioids are powerful painkillers, but in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, they're like turning down the volume on your immune system's fire alarm while the building is already burning.

This means doctors treating inflammatory bowel disease need real-world evidence (not just clinical trials) to weigh the benefits of opioid pain relief against serious risks of infection and death.

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