The New England Journal Medicine concluded that we have doubled our suicide AND overdose fatalities since 2000. Not just overdoses. I know we are all talking about patients accidentally overdosing and that's a huge prob and that's whats in the news. Im afraid one of the connections to death that's not in the news and not really talked about is suicide and how uncontrolled pain and suffering triggers this. Opiates are used in suicide ⅔ of the time!. So now we have folks killing themselves by accident and on purpose.
No more rug pulling!. This is a delicate dance where all wheels are moving at the same time and our eyes are locked onto the patient's eyes for cues, for hints for ideas for feedback, for frustration and for hope!