Now, they’re seeking a bigger role in providing support for those with opioid addictions, as the ongoing opioid crisis could be affecting more of their patients than they previously thought. The opioid crisis ‘is hitting Canadians hard,’ says Dr. Ginetta Salvalaggio, a family physician at the MacEwan University Health Centre in Edmonton. Previously, family doctors mostly had to refer their patients with opioid addictions to an out-of-clinic specialist. But not all family physicians in the province have been receptive to these new efforts. It is for this reason that family physicians are seen as an effective point-of-entry for immediate and ongoing opioid-related care.

Source: thestar November 04, 2018 19:18 UTC