01/21/2015
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"What percent of your facilities would have access to expertise such as this?"
"There is no evidence that for non-cancer pain longer than 90 days, that risk appears to outweigh benefit."
"Clearly having physicians involved in that database would be important because I, as a physician, have learned that many patients who are addicted doctor shop."
"If there is no evidence for long-term benefit, then clearly this is not an answer even though it is being used for 370,000 people."