Selling Pills
Maybe you’ll even suggest the medication. And the marketing team wants you to leave the doctor’s office with a prescription for that med.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
The Empire Strikes Back
I’ve been expecting a public relations counterattack on behalf of, and probably funded by, the pharmaceutical industry.
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The Pain Patient Population
Based on the vast number of prescriptions for opioid medications written by US practitioners over the past few decades, we’ve become the clear leaders in opioid prescribing.
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Philosopher’s Stone
The author correctly observes that the type of treatment offered for addiction will reflect prevailing beliefs about addiction itself– its causes, effects, likely outcome.
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In the News: Opioids versus Other Options
Is that pain evidence of a worsening physical condition or of drug withdrawal?
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