Dr. Stephen Klein

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550 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 25 Jun

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And is there any overdose risk?

I think those are things that can be easily talked about.

But then the harder conversations is, will my loved one ever recover if they're going to be on opioids forever?

And is this a forever problem?

And I often at that point relate to the idea that I don't prescribe medications for people's lifetime.

If I had a magic wand in my office, I would offer everyone one year of abstinence from the substances that brought them into my office.

I think that's about the amount of time that it takes to start really evaluating the why, evaluating what are we going to need to get at the why.

So from that perspective, I just try to partner, not from the sense that I'm right and you're wrong, but from the sense of your loved one is dying.

Your loved one has a high morbidity, high mortality disease.

As a doctor, I can help to treat that.

I'm going to need your help and I'm going to need their help.

Together, we have a chance.

Alone, we really don't.

And from that teamwork perspective, I think we have a shot.

But it takes a lot.

It takes a lot of alignment.

It takes education.

It takes follow-up.

This is not a low ante game.

This is something where you really need to be invested in your patients and their families.

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