How the Opioid crisis is affecting Veterinary Medicine and your pets….
The severity and longevity of opioid abuse in society has
caused a ripple effect in the veterinary world and will continue to be a
problem for some time. The purpose of
this article is only to shed some light on the complications we deal with every
day and will likely have to deal with in the near future in veterinary
medicine.
There have always been regulations, guidelines, and the
proverbial hoops to jump through surrounding the use of controlled substances;
but, new and tighter restrictions are being introduced. It is very difficult to keep up with the new
rules as they seem to be popping up daily.
One of […]