I strongly support ASAM’s efforts to mandate prescriber education for all health professionals licensed to prescribe, dispense, or administer prescription drugs. In the Pain Recovery Program at Las Vegas Recovery Center, I often see patients in similar situations to the claimants in Dr. Gitlow’s story – patients who are on high doses of medications that no longer help, and in some cases make pain worse. This effect, hyperalgesia, as well as addiction and the many other side effects of opiates should be addressed in a prescriber education program. Read more about this on the ASAM website