Please don’t diagnose addiction…

Let me say this situation is the latest in a stream of crap that has rolled by me in my professional life. So tonight, a patient presented in the ER, that was reported to the ER physician by his wife and his bishop, as having a substance use problem. For those of you not in …

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Opiates, Benzos, and stimulants … Oh my!

  I had so many new “friends” and some old ones too that came up to me when they found out I had a prescription pad. Ugh, just ugh. If you are “lucky” enough to have a friend that can write, go see them professionally.It’s not the 80’s, and we can’t party like it 1999. …

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