Author: Romeo
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:04 pm
I was watching the news yesterday and apparently the CDC has reported that enough OPR (opioid pain relievers) were prescribed last year (in the U.S.) to medicate every American adult with a standard pain treatment dose of 5 milligrams of hydrocodone (Vicodin and others) taken every four hours for a month!!
Here is the link to an article I found on the subject:
http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/health_stories/painkiller_overdose_epide/2011/11/02/415067.html
I understand there aren’t enough Suboxone doctors out there to treat all opiate addicts and we’ve discussed this topic of expanding the patient cap or eliminating the patient cap altogether, but I still believe the root of the problem is the gross overprescription of opioid pain relievers.
