AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Prescribing confidence: lack of training cuts opioid prescriptions.(Clinical Rounds)
ORLANDO, FLA. -- Many physicians are not comfortable prescribing opioid medications, and that's because they feel they don't have proper training in how to prescribe them, said Dr. Sanjay Gupta at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
A survey of 247 practicing physicians--76% percent of whom were primary care physicians--found a "very surprising" percentage who said they felt that they do not prescribe opioids properly because they do not know how, said Dr. Gupta of the Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia.
"If opioids are not prescribed properly, the out come can be very serious," Dr. Gupta said. "We need to do a better job training physicians in how to prescribe opioids."
Without that training and comfort level, Dr. Gupta said, ...
- The reality of prescribing opioids in Texas: an interview with a drug...
- Magazine article from: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings Comley, Anita L. July 1, 2000 700+ words
...when multiple copy (triplicate) prescription programs are introduced into any state, the number of physicians prescribing opioids diminishes. Often the total number of prescriptions for these agents decreases by 50% to 60% (3). To clarify...
- Five steps help avoid regulatory hassles when prescribing opioids.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Lowry, Fran November 1, 2006 700+ words
ORLANDO -- When opioids are prescribed for chronic pain patients, following the five-step VIGIL system can lessen the threat of being scrutinized by the Drug Enforcement Agency. The acronym stands for verification, identification, generalization, interpretation, and legalization, said its
- Regulatory Scrutiny Cited in Pain Undertreatment.(Brief Article)(Statistical...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News CHENG, GUANG-SHING January 15, 2000 700+ words
...more reticent about prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer...pain as well, said Dr. Kathleen Foley who...recent years, remarked Dr. Foley past president...Center in New York. Dr. Russell Portenoy APS...of investigation when prescribing opioids. When prescribing for...
- Addiction history and opioids. (Guest Editorial).
- Magazine article from: Clinical Psychiatry News Clark, Michael R. June 1, 2003 700+ words
...use. The key to prescribing opioids in a judicious way...is to assume that prescribing opioids to any patient with...to decide against prescribing opioids before you've thoroughly...sense of confidence. DR. MICHAEL R. CLARK...
- Live, from Las Vegas! It's state-of-the-art medicine: AAPA's annual conference...
- Magazine article from: JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants June 1, 2004 700+ words
...session reviews guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain management, illuminating...The changing environment of prescribing opioids The presenter is William Vilensky...Jersey Medical School, Newark. Dr Vilensky is also Executive Director...
- Separate addiction from physical dependence: when increasingly higher doses of...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Lowry, Fran November 1, 2006 700+ words
...with physical dependence when prescribing opioids for your chronic pain patients, Dr. Jennifer P. Schneider advised...the side effects of opioids. Dr. Schneider, whose Tucson...or has stopped altogether, Dr. Schneider said. "When this...
- Comorbid illnesses are common in migraine.(care and treatment)
- Magazine article from: Clinical Psychiatry News Sullivan, Michele G. May 1, 2006 700+ words
...hospitalization might make sense, said Dr. Loder, director of the headache...some other pain disorder," Dr. Loder said. Among the most...Physicians should be wary of prescribing opioids or narcotics to headache patients...implications for migraineurs," Dr. Loder said. Avoid the use...
- Take patient's word in judging chronic pain.(pain management guidelines)
- Magazine article from: Clinical Psychiatry News Lowry, Fran November 1, 2006 700+ words
...with physical dependence when prescribing opioids for your chronic pain patients, Dr. Jennifer P. Schneider advised...the side effects of opioids. Dr. Schneider, an internist whose...or has stopped altogether, Dr. Schneider said. "When this...