How Germany averted an opioid crisis

after surgeries and medical procedures, opioids have never emerged as a front-line medical treatment in Germany.

“Among the most important reasons we do not face a similar opioid crisis seems to be a more responsible and restrained practice of prescription,” said Dr. Peter Raiser, the deputy managing director at the German Center for Addiction Issues. Doctors must first try alternative treatments, which the nation’s universal health insurance system typically covers. Before prescribing opioids, physicians must get special permission and screen patients to make sure they aren’t at risk for addiction.

“Here in Germany, they prescribe opiates if all the other drugs don’t work,” said Dr. Dieter Naber, a psychiatrist and researcher at the University of Hamburg. “It’s much, much, much more difficult.”somewhat more than they were 30 years ago. But that boost hasn’t fueled abuse.shows that the number of Germans addicted to opioids has only slightly changed in the past 20 years. In 2016, 166,300 Germans experienced opioid addiction ― about 0.2 percent of the population.

Rural doctors didn’t over prescribe to kill rural white people?

Palliative care is traditionally highly regarded&developed in Netherlands, Germany,Switzerland (probably missing few other countries here). Pain management is taken seriously.

'how the 2 countries view pain as well as distinct policy approaches' So the countries have different views on distinct policy approaches? THIS IS TERRIBLY AWKWARD WRITING. You need to hire proofreaders,

'how the 2 countries' Is Prince writing your tweets now, ? Seriously, you need to hire better social media writers, this is embarrassing to journalism.

You have to go to a pharmacy to buy Paracetamol in Germany.

So, what is your point? They probably don't have as many doctors pushing that crap on them. Doctors in America get paid for Prescribing.

It needs to ask them why they choose this way after that find a solution for this big problem

fentanylchina kills maybe 20000 Americas a year with their smuggling. And the NBA bent the knee to them!

Let's see .. is this Russia's fault?

By giving out free cocaine....

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