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Safe Opioid Prescribing Lecture

Dr. Humam Akbik outlines the effects of the opioid crisis in Ohio and identifies the most common causes of opioid addiction and deaths. Dr. Akbik makes a case for the vindication of pain physicians as drivers of the opioid epidemic using prescribing statistics, overdose deaths, and CDC guidelines.

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He goes on to clearly define steps that all physicians should take to safely prescribe opioids, as well as suggestions for state and federal regulators.

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