In Opioid Withdrawal, With No Help In Sight

Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Jan 1;36(1):182-185. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0347.

Author

Travis N Rieder¹

Affiliation

¹ Travis N. Rieder (trieder@jhu.edu) is the assistant director for education initiatives and a research scholar at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, in Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 28069860
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0347

Abstract

A patient receives prescription opioids after an accident-and no support from his physicians as he weans himself off.

Keywords: Ethical Issues; Health Professions Education; Opioid Withdrawal; Personal Experience (- Narrative Matters-).

Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

MeSH terms

Aftercare
Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects*
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Pain Management / adverse effects*
Pain Management / methods
Physicians / statistics & numerical data
Prescription Drugs / adverse effects
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / psychology*

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Prescription Drugs