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01-10-2017 | Editorial

Opioids and Substance Abuse: Education or Just Regulation?

Authors: Rebecca Andrews, MD, Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 10/2017

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Hardly a week passes without a headline decrying opioid deaths, opioid addiction, new opioid prescribing laws, lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for opioids, or some other dimension of the “opioid epidemic.” This term reflects the pervasive and ubiquitous nature of the issue. Each time a physician sees a patient with a pain or addiction issue, there is some fear. However, physicians are not the only ones who are afraid; patients with acute and chronic pain also wonder with considerable anxiety whether their pain will be appropriately treated. …

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Title: Opioids and Substance Abuse: Education or Just Regulation?
Authors: Rebecca Andrews, MD
Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc
Publication date: 01-10-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 10/2017
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-017-4137-4

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