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There's a middle ground there. Cutting back on the number of new opiod prescriptions is definitely a good thing, but you've got to be careful of how you handle
by tonyarkles 8y ago
There's a middle ground there. Cutting back on the number of new opiod prescriptions is definitely a good thing, but you've got to be careful of how you handle existing patients who have already been pulled into the problem.
From a harm reduction perspective, taking a patient who is, say, addicted to legal oxycodone because they were overprescribed it. Now what do you do from the perspective of what's best for the patient? Is it a good thing that they're addicted to it? No... but is it more harmful to cut them off cold-turkey? Or is it better to help work with them to figure out how to get off it in a way that doesn't result in them seeking out street drugs to handle the withdrawal?
- closeparen 8y agoIs it definitely a good thing to have more people experiencing more pain?