Cincinnati.com: Docs needs to 'treat pain appropriately'
UC pain medicine specialist Harsh Sachdeva says doctors need more education around chronic pain management
A large percentage of primary-care doctors (81%) say they're hesitant to accept new patients who've been prescribed pain meds, a newly released survey shows. Even more (83%) say the opioid crisis makes it harder to treat pain patients.
Dr. Harsh Sachdeva, who practices at UC Health West Chester and is the director of the pain fellowship program at UC College of Medicine, weighs in on the practice of perscribing pain medicaitons and how more education is needed.
Doctors are avoiding chronic pain patients, need more education, survey finds
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