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Medicine is not so black-and-white.

• alkonaut 9y ago
  It's not. But the practice of prescribing opioids is wildly different in other countries. So the base assumptions when weighing the benefits and drawbacks (addiction) need to change. Basically, doctors should try more alternatives and doctors need to tell patients that the pain may be the lesser evil compared to opioids. This also requires changed expectations from patients, about what doctors can do about pain.