Harm reduction and the chronic pain patient

I thought I understood the core tenets of harm reduction and strongly support them but I was “educated” on Twitter a bit ago about HR in setting of chronic pain. The CPPs and some HR providers feel it is inappropriate to have these patients to taper off/down on opiate doses or switch to MAT. HR principles support maintaining these patients on large doses of opiates because they are stable on them These are obviously the most vocal patients/advocates and they are the exception to the... Read more
Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums