If this has been discussed already, I apologize and would appreciate the link....
I'm wondering if there is any specific wording one can use in a note to protect against patients having accidents either while on prescribed meds, or if they have marijuana on board and I have urine tox screens that show thc.
I think that I saw this discussed and the most common response to thc on urine tox was to dismiss the patient. Is this really the only way to safely deal with these patients? I have no trouble discharging pts on cocaine, heroin, etc., but marijuana actually has been shown to help pain, etc. I'd also lose half of my patients. I really think that half of the US is smoking pot.
Also, the providers in our practice are divided on whether it makes sense to dismiss an otherwise model patient who is using marijuana with reported benefit.
This problem can't be just here. What do you all do?
I'm wondering if there is any specific wording one can use in a note to protect against patients having accidents either while on prescribed meds, or if they have marijuana on board and I have urine tox screens that show thc.
I think that I saw this discussed and the most common response to thc on urine tox was to dismiss the patient. Is this really the only way to safely deal with these patients? I have no trouble discharging pts on cocaine, heroin, etc., but marijuana actually has been shown to help pain, etc. I'd also lose half of my patients. I really think that half of the US is smoking pot.
Also, the providers in our practice are divided on whether it makes sense to dismiss an otherwise model patient who is using marijuana with reported benefit.
This problem can't be just here. What do you all do?