tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472889345726970491.post5301412195017547897..comments2013-11-07T04:04:20.346-08:00Comments on ArronSam.i.am.: Lines in the sandArron_Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16018171664444890597noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472889345726970491.post-84316092138389083812011-11-04T07:18:29.222-07:002011-11-04T07:18:29.222-07:00Great post - thanks.
Other factors that influence...Great post - thanks.<br /><br />Other factors that influence opiate prescribing by GPs is time and the availability of support resources (pain clinics, pain specialists, addiction specialists). <br /><br />I've spoken to GPs in strife over prescribing (and usuually working in large group practices) who have told me that they don't have time to read their colleagues' notes because of the workload pressure, and that's why they haven't noticed that a person has presented 3 times in 2 weeks for replacement of "lost" prescriptions. With all the education possible, without a fundamental change in practice they would probably still prescribe poorly. There are a few clinics where the "we do not provide scripts for addictive medications" sign may actually be a safer option than their current prescribing practice.<br /><br />Then again, I fully admit to bias. As an addiction specialist I tend to see more of the folk who have already run into problems.<br /><br />As for specialist reviews of patients on long term prescribed opiates... a good idea in principle but the availability of specilaist services is so thin that the waiting lists have all blown out. So where do GPs go to get the support they need to prescribe addictive and potentially high risk medications better?Life Happenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04983241670319886600noreply@blogger.com