학술논문
'I PRESCRIBE OPIOIDS. WE SHOULDN'T TREAT EVERYONE LIKE AN ADDICT'.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Subject
*DRUG prescribing
*OPIOIDS
*PHYSICIANS
*PEOPLE with addiction
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ISSN
2572-5343
Abstract
TREATING PATIENTS AS INDIVIDUALS When patients have chronic pain, they need to know we're there for them. As a pain management physician, you have to play detective, because if a patient is suffering from addiction or is at high risk of addiction then somebody like me should absolutely not be managing their opioids. I had many patients come to me to take over their opioid prescribing, but with every single one I would have to explain that, as I was a solo provider, my prescriptions should act as a bridge; I should not be their main source of their medication. [Extracted from the article]