Avoiding Opioid Abuse While Managing Pain: A Guide for Practitioners - Paperback

by Lynn R. Webster (Author), Beth Dove (Author), Steven Passik (Foreword by)

Prescription opioids are dangerous in the hands of drug abusers, but they are also beneficial or even lifesaving for millions of people who otherwise would live with chronic pain. Clinicians who prescribe opioids are often caught between their professional obligation to relieve suffering and their desire to avoid contributing to the nonmedical consumption of controlled substances.