May 31, 2015
Question:
Answer:
Regularly monitor the patient through phone calls and ask them how many pills they have left.
Correct Answer?
Explanation:
Let the patient know they may need to continue opioid therapy indefinitely.
Regularly monitor the patient through face to face visits, and reassess the benefits and potential harms associated with continued opioid therapy.
Realize that confronting the patient about aberrant behaviors related to their opioid use is detrimental to the doctor-patient relationship.
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