Health News from Medical News Today: Study Reveals Doctors Can Do More To Address Prescription Drug Abuse

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Study Reveals Doctors Can Do More To Address Prescription Drug Abuse 29 May 2011, 9:00 am As prescription drug abuse reaches epidemic proportions, a recent study reports disturbingly low monitoring rates for patients taking powerful prescription drugs. Only 8 percent of patients taking opioid pain medications are screened by their doctor. Fewer than half (49.8 percent) see their prescribing physician regularly. The study of practices in primary care settings was conducted by researchers at Yeshiva University in New York City and was published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.