Editorial
The Pendulum Swings for Opioid Prescribing
Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief Journal of Palliative Medicine
... " If you put the number of opioid addicts who
... " If you put the number of opioid addicts who
were first introduced to opioids as prescription drugs before
taking heroin in the numerator, and put all opioid addicts in the
denominator you get a very large number. That large number
(anywhere from 60% to 100% depending on the population
studied) frightened everyone. But it’s the wrong math.
If you put all people with pain who are treated with an
opioid and become an addict in the numerator, and all people
treated with pain and an opioid in the denominator, you come
up with a very small number, somewhere between 0.01% and
4%... "
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