Tag: Withdrawal

A major concern with the prescribing of opioids is to ensure that they are used to treat pain and not abused for the euphoric effect that some people get when they take them.
The federal government demands that physicians who prescribe opioids to do for a legitimate medical purpose and they do not prescribe for either abuse or diversion.
Every State Medical Board expands upon these prescribing requirements.
For example, physicians should do a physical exam on every patient for whom medication is prescribed, making the Internet prescribing of medications illegal. These issues are of particular concern in that the largest area of growth in drug abuse is the use of prescription medications rather than street drugs.