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“It is one of the tools in a pain patient’s tool box, and the more tools we have in our toolbox, the better we can manage our pain,” she said.

‘Culture change’

The FDA commissioned the report, which mirrors concerns across the country about a crisis that kills 90 people nationwide a day. Last year 790 people in Arizona died from an opioid overdose, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.

[READ MORE: Report: Highest opioid overdose deaths in AZ in 10 years]

Dr. Mark Schumacher, a San Francisco doctor who contributed to the researchers’ report, said it’s time for a “culture change” among medical professionals.

“At the heart of the committee’s work is the sobering fact that the majority of deaths attributed to opioids are initiated through a prescription,” he said.

http://www.azfamily.com/story/35891108/report-doctors-teeter-on-the-divide-between-pain-treatment-opioids-abuse