Dr Steven Porter From The Mayo Clinic Talking Opiads

The prescription opioid epidemic continues to be a public health emergency in America. An estimated 11.4 million people have misused opioids and more than 42,000 people died from opioid overdoses in 2016 and 2017. Steven Porter, M.D. is an anesthesiologist and expert in pain management at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. He is chair of Mayo Clinic’s Opioid Stewardship Workgroup, which helps develop opioid prescribing guidelines and strategies with the goal of enhancing patient health and reducing the risk of opioid misuse.