Opioid addiction crisis prompts new guidelines for prescribing pain relievers

Flavia Soto, MD, and Jeffrey Albright, MD Flavia Soto, MD, and
Jeffrey Albright, MD (photo by Jim Howe) (photo by Jim Howe) After
you have an operation, your surgeon may prescribe an opioid pain
reliever. But lately, because of the opioid addiction crisis in
America, the surgeon may think twice about writing that
prescription. Two assistant professors of surgery at Upstate are
involved in a campaign to help change prescribing habits.
Weight-loss surgeon After you have an operation, your surgeon may
prescribe an opioid pain reliever. But lately, because of the
opioid addiction crisis in America, the surgeon may think twice
about writing that prescription. Two assistant professors of
surgery at Upstate are involved in a campaign to help change
prescribing habits. Weight-loss surgeon Flavia Soto, MD Flavia
Soto, MD, and colorectal surgeon, and colorectal surgeon Jeffrey
Albright, MD, Jeffrey Albright, MD, explain the effort to reach a
consensus on appropriate opioid levels to prescribe for 21 medical
procedures. explain the effort to reach a consensus on appropriate
opioid levels to prescribe for 21 medical procedures.