Taking the Bait from the Prescription Opioid Industry: a Mea Culpa.

Autor: Burgess, Diana J., Krebs, Erin E., Roth, Craig S.
Zdroj: JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine; 2022 Supplement, Vol. 37, p2072-2073, 2p
Abstrakt: Resident attitudes toward prescribing opioids for chronic pain were changed by the workshop.([1]) They indicated increased willingness to prescribe opioids and less concern about addiction or side effects. At some point though, the evidence of a growing opioid overdose epidemic made it all too clear that I and other researchers should not be focusing our efforts on increasing rates of opioid prescribing to Black, relative to White, patients with chronic pain. I EK i : After finishing residency, I considered myself a cautious opioid prescriber, following guideline recommendations to assess risk, monitor adherence, and intensify opioid therapy as needed to achieve pain relief. [Extracted from the article]
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