Alta Mira's Brian Steber, M.D. on Prescription Opiate Abuse and Nonaddictive Chronic Pain Management
Brian Steber, M.D. from Alta Mira Recovery Programs (www.AltaMiraRecovery.com) on Prescription Opiate Abuse and Nonaddictive Chronic Pain Management. *Disclaimers and Personal Background for Dr. Steber: - Not funded by and pharmaceutical companies - Not a board-certified pain specialist - Board - certified in family practice since 1995 - ASAM/ABAM certified in addiction medicine since 2006/2009 - Works in primary care, urgent care and addiction medicine (inpatient, residential and outpatient) Dr. Steber likes to divide up the people taking prescription pain killers into three different groups. The first group is the people with no acute or chronic pain - strictly takes medication for mood alteration (to get high) The second group are the people with some decree of acute or chronic pain but still misuse/abuse for mood alteration The third group is for people with pain but no misuse of the Rx.
