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Coping with a national shortage of opioids

March 16, 2018

IN THE NEWS: UCI Health pain medicine specialist Dr. Shalini Shah tells Kaiser Health News how her team is coping with a national shortage of opioid medications for hospital patients. They meet weekly to develop workarounds and alternatives. "We essentially have to ration to patients that are most vulnerable," she said.

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