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It’s hard to believe any American physician is unaware of the epidemic, but it appears that many have taken the position that it’s not their problem.

Perhaps 20% of users will experience withdrawal– evidence of their dependence on the drug– regardless of whether they have other symptoms.

In an effort to make them sexier, research findings may be misstated or misinterpreted.

Treatment is a formative time for a recovering addict—the ideas that seem to save us end up staying with us.

Something about this class of drugs appears to turn some scientists into the equivalent of helpless fanboys.

It becomes easier to dash off a prescription for Oxy than to argue with a determined patient.

Many physicians don’t want to offer opioid maintenance. They’re happy to refer out, to an addictionologist or psychiatrist with training.

I always encourage family members with concerns about a loved one’s opioid use to communicate directly with the prescriber.

Clinicians… feel as if they’re always missing at least one extremely important tool that would make all the difference.

Hard to imagine anything more disturbing to most people than finding an overdose victim on the floor of the ladies’ room at the local McDonald’s.