Simple solution for a complex problem: Rewriting the script

Xiulu Ruan, MD; Srinivas Chiravuri, MD; Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD

doi:10.5055/jom.2016.0316

Authors

Xiulu Ruan, MD
Srinivas Chiravuri, MD
Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2016.0316

Keywords:

opioid misuse, prescribers, overdose

Abstract

no abstract

Author Biographies

Xiulu Ruan, MD

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Srinivas Chiravuri, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship, and Neuromodulation, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD

Professor and Chairman of Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

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