They were wanting early refills, and then it really wasn't until the prescription drug monitoring program was made available in the state of California where I could go online and see the other prescriptions that my patients were getting from other doctors when I suddenly realized what a huge problem it was - not just for patients taking opioid painkillers - but also for my own patients.įor example, I had a patient I was seeing for many years, he was a lawyer and I prescribed him Ambien, 10 milligrams every bedtime. They were asking for more and more medications at higher and higher doses. One of the ways I realized was that my patients weren't getting better. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Drug Dealer, MD Subtitle How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop Author Anna, M.D.
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