Pubdate: Wed, 12 Nov 2014
Source: Boston Globe (MA)
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Author: J. Hallisey

WHAT WE HAVE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF OVERPRESCRIBING

We have a major problem with prescription drug abuse in this state. 
WHO is writing these prescriptions in the first place? This is where 
the problem starts.

I have been a nurse practitioner for 30 years in some of the 
so-called best hospitals in Boston. Not one day goes by where I do 
not see someone write an inappropriate prescription for narcotics. 
Whether it be naivete, lack of education and awareness, or just plain 
laziness, this needs to stop.

Until we fully educate the PRESCRIBERS on the dangers of these 
medications, this problem will continue.

J. Hallisey

Jamaica Plain
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