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New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?

Kaiser Health News

Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain. But she said nothing worked as well as methadone, an opioid she has taken since 2013. She hopes her current doctor won’t do the same.

Doctors 88
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New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?

Kaiser Health News

Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain. But she said nothing worked as well as methadone, an opioid she has taken since 2013. She hopes her current doctor won’t do the same.

Doctors 52