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Merideth C. Norris is a family physician.

I see so much of this in pain management

Merideth C. Norris, DO
Physician
April 17, 2022

In 2017, the CDC rolled out a “solution” to the opioid crisis. The recommendations, which were never intended to become laws, were mostly level of evidence three or below.

To put it another way, they were not robust, nor were they based on research in any way that matters. There was also no input from the pain medicine associations.

The premise was that we would solve the problem using what those of …

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I see so much of this in pain management

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Merideth C. Norris, DO
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July 21, 2021

You are about to see my patient in some acute setting. Maybe it’s the emergency department. Maybe it’s an ENT consult or ortho. In any case, you just met her. You do not have much of a relationship with her and are just evaluating one part of her health.

And yes, of her many comorbidities, you notice that she has a high BMI. Be her chief concern for back pain, apnea …

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