An MD takes on the DEA
Still, "pill mills" do continue to exist, if not in the numbers they once did. I suppose they could stage a comeback -- the economics still work.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 11, 2024 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Still, "pill mills" do continue to exist, if not in the numbers they once did. I suppose they could stage a comeback -- the economics still work.
by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 1, 2024 | Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 4, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 26, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 7, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 26, 2023 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 27, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
The researchers were interested in whether receipt of such a letter would cause the physician to be more cautious in prescribing in future. The answer: It did.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 31, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
I imagine it takes a special kind of practitioner to push aside the barriers in the system to get to the SUD that lies underneath, even when he or she knows it’s there.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 28, 2022 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
…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.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 28, 2022 | Addiction | 1 |
I asked a number of the attending docs if they’d spoken with the patient about the problem, and was startled by how rarely the answer was yes.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 16, 2021 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
…with any helping relationship, I think it’s best to restrict self-disclosure to situations where you believe it will advance the goals of treatment.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 12, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |
Definite progress has been made, but there are still plenty of examples of people who fall through the cracks in the healthcare system.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 8, 2021 | In the News | 0 |
I heard one man exclaim in a packed hospital waiting room. “It’s her damn job. She took an oath.” I was struck by his sense of entitlement. And I could envision how, enhanced by withdrawal and desperation, it could turn violent.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 10, 2020 | Public Policy | 0 |
Smaller government is not always better government. It shouldn’t take a major health crisis to remind us.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 23, 2020 | Addiction | 0 |
His attending physician seems to have attempted to address alcoholism before, with little or no success. This may represent a last chance.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 11, 2020 | Addiction, Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
That is not the doc’s fault, and frankly, it isn’t really James’, either. It’s what happens where addiction rules. If not at that moment, then the next.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 29, 2018 | Prevention, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
It’s these outdated attitudes towards addictions that enable the healthcare professional to ignore important information provided by the patient.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 19, 2018 | In the News | 0 |
Think physician practices and pharmacies and specialty clinics who began with a lucrative sideline that may now be their main source of revenue.
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