Every doctor who prescribes opioids for longer than two days should provide patients with an exit plan. I had major surgery in August and was on opioids for 2 mos. Surgeon provided NO advice on how to wean off except "extend the time between pills from 4 to 6 hours."
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Obviously this would only address one small part of the opioid crisis. But it's something doctors can do without any government initiative.
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Koop was a surgeon. None of the SGs since have been surgeons. Surgeons know how to identify, analyze and act on problems rather than just study them forever. I know you know what I mean. (No disrespect intended for EB.)
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Not exactly an “all-hands-on-deck” approach.
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you say killing but would it be inaccurate to say that some proportion of those who have died in the Opiod epidemic have intentionally killed themselves? How does that change the numbers?
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Making too much money at those “treatment” farms.
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