While our elected officials in Washington spin political rhetoric and quote scary statistics around the opioid epidemic, New Jersey was one of…
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Primary care physicians are on the front line of the opioid epidemic. Help them.
by Arjun Gokhale MD and John Huston MD May 1, 2018When it comes to the opioid epidemic, physicians are some of the best drug dealers around with almost unrestricted access to the…
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When I was 12, my father got into a bicycle accident resulting in traumatic brain injury. Although I was unaware of it…
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This doctor stopped prescribing opioids. Other physicians should do the same.
by Thomas D. Guastavino MD April 14, 2018Have you ever had a prescription altered? I have, several times — all opioids. Despite making copies of every prescription to prove…
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Cutting the red tape with buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder
by Christina Kinnevey MD April 10, 2018Tuesday morning. Sarah wakes up at 4 a.m., like every other morning, to go to clinic to get a medicine she cannot function without.  But…
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A casual reader scanning the headlines would rightly infer a direct cause-and-effect relationship between pharmaceutical company payments and the number of opioid…
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Opioids: The pendulum has swung too far in the wrong direction
by Lisa Kehrberg MD March 31, 2018I’m a 43-year-old physician who retired due to illness at the age of 39. I have a rare genetic disease called acute…
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I never wanted to be a drug pusher. A career in medicine was the opposite — healing in place of harming. However,…