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Hi Reddit, my name is Mark Bicket, M.D., I'm director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship training program at Hopkins. My research focuses on treatments of acute and chronic pain, including prescription opioids for pain and how those medications are taken by patients and supplied by prescribers. Recently, I led an investigation on what happens to opioids prescribed for pain after surgery in JAMA Surgery. Our team found that most opioid pills remained unused after patients recovered from their procedures, and most patients did not dispose of the unused pills. It's important to improve pain relief while balancing the risks and problems from opioids, as many of us know someone affected by the opioid crisis. I look forward to answering your questions at 1pm ET