by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2017/09/21/pharmacy-benefit-management/ Troyen Brennan, Richard Creager, and Jennifer M. Polinski The startling increase in the use of opioids has many causes. Two decades ago, health providers perceived that pain was under-treated, and...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction
By KATIE THOMAS and CHARLES ORNSTEINSEPT. 17, 2017 At a time when the United States is in the grip of an opioid epidemic, many insurers are limiting access to pain medications that carry a lower risk of addiction or dependence, even as they provide comparatively easy...