How fentanyl poisoning became a national crisis: Johns Hopkins pain doctor explains
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Johns Hopkins associate professor and pain expert Dr. Paul Christo discusses the rise in U.S. fentanyl poisoning deaths and how those suffering from addiction can get help.
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"Aa pain specialist, we are often in the midst of treating … those who are on opioids, who develop the disease of addiction," he said. "As part of that, we … end up treating patients who have the disease of addiction — referring them to addiction medicine specialists, for example … trying to treat their pain. A lot of what we see now with respect to opioid overdose concurrently involves the pain crisis. You know, there's an epidemic of chronic pain in the United States that about a third of the population suffers from."
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