RealClear Health | Did Doctors Help Create the Opioid Crisis?
In 2005, the FDA approved a new treatment for pain, administered through a patch on the patient’s skin. The drug’s approval coincided...
New York Times | Prescribing Opioids: How Many Are Too Many?
What’s the right painkiller prescription to send home with a patient after gallbladder surgery or a cesarean section? That question is...
What Should Doctors Prescribe After Surgery?
Background A February 2017 article published in the New England Journal of Medicine examined variation in opioid prescribing after...
HealthAffairs | The Case For Confronting Long-Term Opioid Use As A Hospital-Acquired Condition
The first principle of medicine is to “do no harm.” Over the past two decades, the medical community has attempted to honor this...
Study: 1 in 16 surgery patients become chronic opioid users
Dr. Makary discusses the over-prescription problem on Fox News
How Doctors Can Stop the Opioid Crisis at Its Source: Quit Overprescribing
For most of my surgical career, I gave out opioids like candy. My colleagues and I were unaware that about one in 16 patients become...
