Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Jim Ryser's avatar

I want to thank Dr. Cifu, who I admire greatly, for inspiring me to write this. I also thank all of the commenters here; it means a lot to know that I’m being the best messenger that I can be / and all I CAN be these days.

Expand full comment
John Bingham's avatar

Addiction Medicine as a discrete subspecialty has changed hands several times. The current board ABPM, which took over only a couple of years ago, recognizes the importance of this issue, and a significant portion of the board exam is on pain management. This was a particular focus of my fellowship, which is why I trained where I did.

This is a complex and difficult subject both pharmacologically and psychologically, but just because it is difficult does not mean that we in medicine should shy away from the challenge or accept poor outcomes.

Expand full comment
57 more comments...

No posts