Back in the 1984, I listened to Dr. John Bonica admonishing Doctors over the poor treatment of cancer pain. I felt ashamed. Now, with the war of Chinese based Fentanyl washing over all use of opioids, cancer patients are again being targeted and living in undo pain. I had one patient with arrested metastatic cancer having to deal with severe issues over her opioid use. My college actually wrote me about complaints and I sent her cancer clinic report and bone scan and told them that is all they needed to know. Now a human rights group has picked up on fact cancer pain patients are forced to reduce their opioid doses. This is inappropriate in cancer cases and again I feel ashamed for the medical profession.
You can read about the problem here:
Human Rights Watch Investigating U.S. Pain Treatment
March 15, 2018
Pain News Network
https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/3/15/human-rights-watch-investigating-treatment-of-pain-patients
I have to admit Doctors can be very stupid. It took them years to realize you needed to use sterile technique with deliveries, that a germ caused ulcers, and now it extends to opioid use as well – go for the fad – forget the patient.