Comments on: Cause and addictive effect? http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/02/09/cause-and-addictive-effect/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:43:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: bottlecappie http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/02/09/cause-and-addictive-effect/#comment-20005 bottlecappie Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:40:10 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/cause-and-addictive-effect/#comment-20005 Well, the US has a plenty big problem with doctors "overprescribing" painkillers and people getting addicted, so at the very least, all that extra training doesn't improve doctor's ability (or willingness?) to listen to the DEA guidelines about opiate pain medications. Of course, it could also be that pain patients aren't being adequately treated, and then they turn to illegal sources to try to treat themselves, and end up in trouble that way. Depends on which statistics you look at, I guess. Well, the US has a plenty big problem with doctors “overprescribing” painkillers and people getting addicted, so at the very least, all that extra training doesn’t improve doctor’s ability (or willingness?) to listen to the DEA guidelines about opiate pain medications.

Of course, it could also be that pain patients aren’t being adequately treated, and then they turn to illegal sources to try to treat themselves, and end up in trouble that way. Depends on which statistics you look at, I guess.

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