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A male doctor in a white coat talks to an elderly female patient across a desk in a medical office. Photorealistic style.

A male doctor in a white coat talks to an elderly female patient across a desk in a medical office. Photorealistic style.

A physician chooses not to prescribe a high-dose opioid to an elderly patient with chronic back pain because the risk of respiratory depression, falls, and overdose is too high — especially given the patient’s age and other medical conditions. See more