VA Doctors Tell House Lawmakers of Pressure to Prescribe Veterans Opiates
VA Doctors Tell House Lawmakers of Pressure to Prescribe Veterans Opiates
CIR disclosed that prescriptions for four highly addictive opiates – hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine – have increased by 270 percent since the war in Afghanistan began, far outstripping the increase in the number of patients. In its … Read more on NBC Bay Area
The price of addiction: A treatment primer for opioid dependence (Series)
We're expected to check all the methadone clinics within a hundred miles to see that the person isn't enrolled somewhere else. We have to do a physical examination. It's a very structured process. You start them on a low dose. You gradually build them … Read more on Portland Business Journal (blog)