Naloxone Fatigue
Nurses and doctors experience the same feelings about homeless alcoholics they see in the ER every Saturday night.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
Opioid Alternatives
The larger issue is that most drug pricing is still market-driven, or as my endocrinologist puts it, “they charge whatever they can get away with charging.”
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A “Plan” Isn’t Enough
So if… the real problem at this late stage isn’t the lack of a plan but the absence of motivation to implement it– then what’s in the way?
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In the News: Harm Reduction in West Virginia
He compares the patients he treats, who are often homeless, to “outcasts” and ‘lepers”, who have been “derided, despised, and marginalized.”
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Opioid Vulnerability
There’s no blood test, no scan to aid diagnosis. Knowing intellectually that one in ten will succumb is very little help; it has no practical value in terms of predicting an individual outcome.
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