“…3 However, pediatric pain management reviews have considered opioids for less serious conditions, 13,14 such as pain following outpatient surgical or dental procedures, 15,16 and abdominal pain. 17 If children frequently take opioids for relatively minor conditions for which there often are other therapeutic options, practitioners need better information on the harms of opioid therapy in children to make informed risk-benefit prescribing decisions. However, the available data are limited to case series of hospitalized children or to case reports.…”