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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. “They say things like ‘We don’t treat drug addicts.’” She hopes her current doctor won’t do the same. Layman is one of the millions in the U.S.

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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. “They say things like ‘We don’t treat drug addicts.’” She hopes her current doctor won’t do the same. Layman is one of the millions in the U.S.

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