Health experts say Covid survivors are at risk from a separate epidemic of opioid addiction, given the high rate of painkillers being prescribed to these patients. A new study in Nature found alarmingly high rates of opioid use among Covid survivors with lingering symptoms at Veterans Health Administration facilities. About 10% of Covid survivors develop “long Covid,” struggling with often disabling health problems even six months or longer after a diagnosis.

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