FOX NEWS: Treating America’s Pain: Unintended Victims of the Opioid Crackdown, Part 3 – The Solutions

Treating America’s Pain: Unintended Victims of the Opioid Crackdown, Part 3 – The Solutions



The government has addressed the overdose epidemic with an aggressive focus on reducing prescribing practices, which has unintentionally led many doctors to cut down or cut off their patients’ pain medications altogether. This tactic has left many chronic pain sufferers undertreated, with some even contemplating taking their own life. Fox News spoke with numerous doctors, specialists and scholars to find out what the next steps should be to address these unintended consequences.

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