Abstract
Hospital medicine physicians need to play a role in the reversal of America’s prescription epidemic. Crucial to this effort is a thorough understanding of the pathophysiology of addiction and pain; the origin of the epidemic; the treatment of chronic pain, addiction, and corresponding mental illness; and the current strategy that is unfolding to solve this crisis. The hospitalist role will be to coordinate care with other providers, make long-term treatment care plans, withdraw patients from opioids, and participate with system administrators to make the necessary healthcare system organizational changes.
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Maumus, M. (2018). Solving America’s Prescription Epidemic: Pathophysiology, Ethics, Chronic Pain, and Addiction. In: Conrad, K. (eds) Clinical Approaches to Hospital Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64774-6_13
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