Beth Darnall, PhD, Says De-Prescribing Can Be Risky...

Life after opioids: 'We have not served our patients well' More than 3 million Australians are living with chronic pain, and the medical system is struggling to help them as it turns away from its reliance on opioids www.theguardian.com “You may have a patient that has been on a stable dose of opioids for 10 years, and then you start de-prescribing. We are now exposing them to new risks for opioid overdose, for suicidality, for actual suicide, for withdrawal symptoms, for increased pain.” People living in chronic pain are a highly marginalised group. They tend to be more isolated... Beth Darnall, PhD, Says De-Prescribing Can Be Risky...
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