The modern ethics dilemma: Opioids for pain management in drug abuser

Opioid prescription can be judiciously prescribed according to the WHO stepladder approach for pain management. The guidelines state that a pain scale of 10/10 warrants the prescription of an opioid while a pain scale of greater than or equal to 7/10 warrants weak opioid prescription. There is a clear cut clinical guide for opioid prescription; however, the main confounder in "correctly" prescribing opioids lies in the pain threshold of the patient. Pain scale scores are very subjectiv...