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Motorcycle Crash Shows Bioethicist The Dark Side Of Quitting Opioids Alone

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Travis Rieder, author of <em>In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle With Opioids, </em>says none of the doctors who prescribed opioids for his waves of &quot;fiery&quot; or &quot;electrical&quot; pain taught him how to safely taper his use of the drugs when he wanted to quit. (Getty Images)
Travis Rieder, author of In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle With Opioids, says none of the doctors who prescribed opioids for his waves of "fiery" or "electrical" pain taught him how to safely taper his use of the drugs when he wanted to quit. (Getty Images)

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