The elements of pain care that the guidelines don't address
I have managed many patients with chronic pain who were already on hefty doses of narcotics when they became my patients. Rather than refuse to care for them, we should seek to understand their story, continuously try other medications and therapies, repeatedly attempt to reduce dosages, and frequen...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of family practice 2017-03, Vol.66 (3), p.133-133 |
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Zusammenfassung: | I have managed many patients with chronic pain who were already on hefty doses of narcotics when they became my patients. Rather than refuse to care for them, we should seek to understand their story, continuously try other medications and therapies, repeatedly attempt to reduce dosages, and frequently check substance databases. |
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ISSN: | 0094-3509 1533-7294 |