Chronic pain patients struggle to get opioid prescriptions filled, even as CDC eases guidelines
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Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain.A lot of them are straight-up insulting, said the 40-year-old, who lives in Dallas.They say things like We don't treat drug addicts.'Layman has tried a host of non-opioid treatments to help with the intense daily pain caused by double scoliosis, a collapsed spinal disc, and facet joint arthritis.
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