He took opioids to manage his chronic pain. When his doctors took them away, he didn’t want to live anymore.
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He took opioids to manage his chronic pain. When his doctors took them away, he didn’t want to live anymore.
November 30, 2017
In the midst of an opioid epidemic, doctors are caught in a fierce debate over whether to stop medications for patients with chronic pain. Here’s what happened to one man when his painkillers were taken away. Drs. David Tauben and Mark Sullivan in the Department of Psychiatry at the UW School of Medicine, are quoted.
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