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Vol. 4 No. 6 (2024)

An Indictment of US Public Health Policy on Pain Management

Clinical Medicine And Health Research Journal, Vol. 4 No. 6 (2024), 4 November 2024 , Page 1031-1036
https://doi.org/10.18535/cmhrj.v4i6.410

Abstract

This paper reviews and assesses published clinical and demographic data that in the aggregate reveal that the entirety of present US public health policy on regulation of opioid pain relievers is fundamentally misdirected and wrong on both facts and ethics. 


Methodology:  critical review of clinical literature of addiction and pain management.

Keywords:
  • Opioid Analgesics, Public Health, Policy, Regulation, Clinical Practice, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Opioid Guidelines, Drug Enforcement Administration, Indictment

How to Cite

Richard A. PhD, L. . (2024). An Indictment of US Public Health Policy on Pain Management. Clinical Medicine And Health Research Journal, 4(6), 1031–1036. https://doi.org/10.18535/cmhrj.v4i6.410

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