Opioid Medication
Opioid medications are one solution for chronic pain relief. While there is concern over whether they are addictive, this apprehension has grown out of proportion to the actual risk and overshadows the benefits of opioids, which provide long-lasting relief with relatively harmless long-term side effects.
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Recently, a patient of mine came to me with a question, “Doctor, aren’t my medications supposed to come in green packets, not blue packet?” Well my answer to that question was “Yes,” followed by a “What the heck!” exclamation. After an immediate call to the pharmacist who dispensed the medication, we…
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