Barbara, a medical assistant, noticed that her aunt, who suffered chronic pain from a neck injury, carried two bottles of Percodan in her purse. “Two doctors write prescriptions for me,” Barbara’s aunt confided, “but neither knows about the other. That’s the only way I can get enough medication to control my pain.
How can a physician guard against such abuses by patients?
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