Dr. Mitchell Katz of the Los Angeles County Health Department wrote an editorial that was published in last week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA has made this set of editorials on opioid prescribing available free of charge). The title caught my eye — Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain, Not for the Faint of Heart. Indeed.
His intent is to offer a realistic appraisal of the new Centers for Disease Control opioid guidelines. The tone of the editorial is best described as "great guidelines ... but here's how the world real...
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