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this was a very interesting, relevant and eye opening article to read
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the opioid crisis is an epidemic that we will always face,
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especially in the world that we live in today.
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While we're facing more and more tragedy
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tragedies every day with the global pandemic
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mental health is a big issue.
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There's a lot of people in the hospital's trying to manage pain
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and this is where opioid addictions come
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from is pain management and physicians writing prescriptions
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to hell pain and then
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things don't turn out for the better and patients are having to
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go on the streets and
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buy drugs to manage their pain.
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The state of Maryland alone struggles with an opioid crisis immensely.
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Um, I see statistics daily about
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how many fentaNYL overdoses there's been and
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it's really something that needs to be addressed
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The statistics that the article states more specifically, the
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the statistic that states that in 2012 healthcare providers route
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259 million prescriptions for opioid pain medications.
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I think that this is a very eye opening statistic
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that falls directly back onto our healthcare providers and physicians.
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This is something that should probably have been
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look closer into, looked in closer to and um,
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we should have
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looked at this and prepared ourselves for the future.
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The role of the physician directly contributes to the addiction.
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This establishes their ethical and responsible
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their ethical responsibility to attempt to treat their clients
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and to address the
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to address the addiction.
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An ethical code according
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to the m A Code of ethics states
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to enable patients to participate meaningfully in decisions about health care.
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Physicians have a responsibility to provide information and help
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patients understand their medical condition and options for treatment.
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This being said,
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it is the physician's duty to inform the
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patient and help with the decision making process.
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And this is fundamental to both ethics and law.
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The physician should use good judgment and
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beneficence to support and protect the patient's
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best interest since physicians faced many malpractice
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allegations,
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there are other interventions to be considered
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first before writing an opioid prescription.
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Other,
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less invasive invasive interventions may be different therapies such as massage,
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heat or cold packs,
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exercise cognitive and behavioral behavioral
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therapies and relaxation techniques.
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If physicians tried these less expensive and more holistic interventions first,
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then the opioid crisis wouldn't be so relevant
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with all this being said.
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I believe that physicians are writing opioid prescriptions to
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sparingly and should consider other alternatives alternatives first.
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And with and with this being said along with this,
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if a provider notices that their patient is struggling with
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an opioid use disorder is their duty to help patients recover