Do you think your doctor could do a better job of managing your pain?
Uncontrolled pain makes life very difficult sometimes. Feeling that your doctor isn’t helping manage it properly is frustrating. Besides changing doctors or trying to educate your doctor about what you need, there isn’t much you can do.
One of the problems with doctors and adequate pain control is the fear of using opioids or narcotics. The fear stems from concern that patients may become addicted but it also stems from doctors not really understanding what opioids to prescribe, at what doses to prescribe them, and how often they can be given.
To address this, The Federation of State Medical Boards Research and Education Foundation (FSMB) in the United States has made available a new handbook with the goal of improving both acute and chronic care management. The handbook, Responsible Opioid Prescribing: A Physician’s Guide, are to be distributed country-wide and can be customized for each state in respect to their laws and regulations.
Here’s to hoping that this makes a difference in some lives.
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