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Controlling Pain Without Creating Addicts

Catasys Health - Tuesday, March 22, 2011

By Henry L. Davis
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Washington State will put in place later this year one of the most comprehensive efforts yet in the nation to prevent excessive prescribing of narcotic painkillers.

It will require doctors to consult a pain specialist if a patient's opioid dose increases above a certain level without improvement, and strengthen training for physicians and nurse practitioners.  ยป More
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