Another specialty to confuse with PM&R

[thewza]

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Looks like addiction medicine will become it's own medical specialty. They will probably be called "rehab docs". Uh-oh. 🙁


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/11/health/11addictions.html

 

[RUOkie]

getting some real addiction docs would be great. Somewhere to send all the drug addicts who get sent to me for "pain" and are on opiates without an anatomical correlate.

 

[lobelsteve]

getting some real addiction docs would be great. Somewhere to send all the drug addicts who get sent to me for "pain" and are on opiates without an anatomical correlate.

thalamic pain and CRPS do not have good anatomic correlates and can be some of the most debilitating conditions.

Point taken.

Remember, addiction is the person and not the drug and opiates are but one of many tools to treat pain. When we run into addiction problems in clinic, we stop opiates, get consult to addiction, and continue all other modalities of care.

 

[PMR 4 MSK]

thalamic pain and CRPS do not have good anatomic correlates and can be some of the most debilitating conditions.

Point taken.

Remember, addiction is the person and not the drug and opiates are but one of many tools to treat pain. When we run into addiction problems in clinic, we stop opiates, get consult to addiction, and continue all other modalities of care.

The hard part is deciding who has an addiction. The harder part is convincing them to go for treatment. The hardest part is finding a program that can take them w/i 6 months.