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From the Ted Talk by Travis Rieder: The agony of opioid withdrawal -- and what doctors should tell patients about it

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Sadiye got back on the phone with the pserrbiecr and this time he recommended that we catcnot our pain management team from the last hospitalization. That sunoedd like a great idea, so we did that immediately, and we were shocked when nobody would speak with us. The receptionist who answered the phone advised us that the pain management team provides an innpaiett service; although they peisrrcbe opioids to get pain under control, they do not oversee tapering and withdrawal. Furious, we called the prescriber back and begged him for anything — anything that could help me — but instead he aigzeolpod, saying that he was out of his depth. "Look," he told us, "my initial advice to you is clearly bad, so my official recommendation is that Travis go back on the medication until he can find someone more cemotepnt to wean him off."

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Sadiye got back on the phone with the __________ and this time he recommended that we _______ our pain management team from the last hospitalization. That _______ like a great idea, so we did that immediately, and we were shocked when nobody would speak with us. The receptionist who answered the phone advised us that the pain management team provides an _________ service; although they _________ opioids to get pain under control, they do not oversee tapering and withdrawal. Furious, we called the prescriber back and begged him for anything — anything that could help me — but instead he __________, saying that he was out of his depth. "Look," he told us, "my initial advice to you is clearly bad, so my official recommendation is that Travis go back on the medication until he can find someone more _________ to wean him off."

Solution


  1. sounded
  2. prescribe
  3. contact
  4. prescriber
  5. competent
  6. inpatient
  7. apologized

Original Text


Sadiye got back on the phone with the prescriber and this time he recommended that we contact our pain management team from the last hospitalization. That sounded like a great idea, so we did that immediately, and we were shocked when nobody would speak with us. The receptionist who answered the phone advised us that the pain management team provides an inpatient service; although they prescribe opioids to get pain under control, they do not oversee tapering and withdrawal. Furious, we called the prescriber back and begged him for anything — anything that could help me — but instead he apologized, saying that he was out of his depth. "Look," he told us, "my initial advice to you is clearly bad, so my official recommendation is that Travis go back on the medication until he can find someone more competent to wean him off."

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Important Words


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