Opioid Overdoses: Not a Prescribing Crisis – an Addiction Crisis
The dean of my medical school liked to tell us that, fundamentally, physicians do only two things: Relieve pain and extend life. But now our ability to relieve pain is being inappropriately restricted by pharmacists, payors, and state and federal regulators. The CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain were published in 2016. [...]