This is a fine article about the frontline of opioid prescribing: the physician’s office. “The management of chronic pain has had a long, fractious history in the United States. In the 1990s, doctors were admonished for undertreating pain. Opioids, they were told could be safely prescribed and bring life-changing relief. Now the pendulum has swung sharply back and doctors have been scrambling for alternatives.”
Full article. The May 16, 2016 NY Times article features a family physician from a small town in Nebraska. It is true to life and worth reading.