Doctor's Offices Can Help Stem Narcotic Painkiller Abuse Every day, thousands of doctors around the United States walk a tightrope stretched between their duty to help patients in pain -- and the risk of abetting illegal and life-destroying drug addiction and dependence, and losing their medical license for doing so.They walk this tightrope every time a patient asks for a
prescription for a powerful opioid narcotic painkiller, such as Oxycontin or Vicodin.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
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