Fentanyl Sneaks In
There’s a long history of people dying from the cocaine-opioid combo, commonly known as a ‘speedball’. The actor John Belushi is one. Philip Seymour Hoffman, River Phoenix are others. We could go on.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
A Problem in Prescribing?
…no more than 7.4% of overdose patients had received a prescription for naloxone following an overdose. That covers both the initial visit and any follow-up contacts the hospital required.
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A Consultant’s Story
whatever McKinsey was charging for its services, their clients couldn’t have done what they did without McKinsey’s help. Sure, that led to a drug epidemic such as America has never seen, costing some half a million lives to date.
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A Last Link in the Chain
…there were some real doozies, scripts written for amounts way beyond any conceivable patient need.
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What Makes An Effective Therapist?
…the most reliable recipe for a successful therapy experience is that strong therapeutic alliance plus a therapist able to explain the problem and the process skillfully, along with a treatment approach that the patient finds believable.
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