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In reply to the discussion: Why hasnt the opioid epidemic hit other countries? [View all]Aristus
(66,341 posts)30. You're right about that. For cortisone shots and other comprehensive musculoskeletal
treatments, I always refer to orthopedics.
For most persistent M/S pain, I refer for physical therapy. If my clinical judgement leads me to believe PT would be ineffective, I refer directly to ortho. Sometimes a patient will request an ortho referral right out of the gate. Often, I comply with the request, but I tell the patient that the first thing an orthopedist is likely to do is refer for physical therapy. I'm so grateful for the clinical rotations I took in school. It gave me a good sense for what a specialty-care provider is and is not likely to do.
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i hate to break it to you, but you're probably hurting more people than you're helping. you've alrea
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2017
#12
You are absolutely right but I am not sure that is within Aristus ability to solve
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#27
You're right about that. For cortisone shots and other comprehensive musculoskeletal
Aristus
Dec 2017
#30
who cares? i'm sick of hearing about this non-crisis. now let me go back to my suffering, because i
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2017
#10
Russia seems to have a bigger drug problem in general than we do. Canada is going to be hit hard by
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#16
Because they have actual safety nets in the form of rational health care systems.
alarimer
Dec 2017
#18