Marvin Ross - Chronic pain patients struggling against opioid stigma
The Roy Green Show · Global News / Curiouscast
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Show Notes
Increasing amounts of chronic pain patients are having their long-standing prescriptions ripped away from them. Now, some doctors are rebelling against the guidelines that are restricting them from properly treating their patients.
Meanwhile, other chronic pain sufferers are turning to street dealers, and others are taking their lives.
Guests: Marvin Ross, medical writer and publisher, wrote a column for The Hamilton Spectator: “’Opiophobia' causing pain and suffering in Canada”
(Photo: Toby Talbot/The Canadian Press/AP)
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