SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education - Ep #009: I Will Report Your for Patient Abandonment

Ep #009: I Will Report Your for Patient Abandonment

08/24/18 • 3 min

SCOPE of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

When discussing tapering a patient's opioids due to lack of benefit and apparent harm, she continues to request a higher opioid dose. She states her pain is so severe she's unable to get out of bed most days. She angrily says if you don't increase her dose, she's going to report you to the board of medicine for abandoning her. How will you respond to this patient's response to your plans for an opioid taper?

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Ep #008: The New Patient on High-Dose Opioids

A new patient has been treated with high-dose opioids, extended-release morphine, (100 mg twice per day) for chronic back pain after multiple failed surgeries. His previous primary care physician recently retired and gave him enough opioid until his visit with you today. He's requesting an opioid prescription at today's visit. How will you respond?

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Ep #010: The Unsanctioned Opioid Dose Escalation

Your patient, who you've been treating with chronic opioids for chronic painful diabetic neuropathy for the past 11 months calls the on-call service asking for an early refill. She states her pain has worsened, she took extra tablets and has run out early.