Best Clinical Practice: Drug Seeking Patients


 

Best Clinical Practice: Drug Seeking Patients – This video addresses the legal liability of “firing” patients vs. the risk of over-prescribing prescription painkiller drugs, especially as it relates to the DEA and Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs. The best clinical practice for dealing with prescription painkiller drug seeking patients is to test, refer to a quality Opioid Treatment Program if indicated, and chart the results and referral before closing the chart if indicated. One such quality Opioid Treatment Program in the Oklahoma City area is AS Counseling Services, ascs-okc.com 405-672-3033.

 

OETA, Oklahoma's education television network, given funding for two more

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By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau OKLAHOMA CITY – The state Senate passed a measure Wednesday that would keep the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority alive for two more years. "I think at this point, since this is the last few hours this …
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Okla. death row inmate executed in shooting death

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Selsor and Richard Dodson were arrested a week after Chandler's death in Santa Barbara, Calif., where their car with Oklahoma tags had been spotted. Selsor said he was ready and soon the lethal three-drug mixture was administered. The clanging began.
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Judge to hear arguments on Okla. abortion drug law

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From AP OKLAHOMA CITY — Opponents of an Oklahoma law that restricts how doctors can treat women with abortion-inducing drugs will urge a judge Thursday to declare it unconstitutional, three weeks after another judge struck down a state law requiring …
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