Health committee  This also goes back to the question by Mr. Lizon about appropriate care. If we look at the number of hours that a family physician spends learning about pain while in medical school, it's about three hours in total. Our veterinarians have about 15 hours of pain education. Even th

Health committee  I think it's difficult for family physicians to have so many different treatment modalities in their medical bag with the limited time they have. I know that we have some patients, especially who have MS, where it has been the miracle drug for them. They're no longer in wheelchai

Health committee  First of all, you must know that I'm not a physician. However, I do know that not all medications work the same for everybody, so something that may work well for me may not work for you, and sometimes it takes a bit of trial and error to find out what is best for a particular pa

Health committee  The first thing we have to do is ensure our children don't get the pills they need for entree into this. At a younger age, we first need to begin by educating our children that if your name isn't on the prescription, you shouldn't be taking it. I can tell you that I'm an avid gol

Health committee  I think the fentanyl issue is a real issue. We first came upon it we knew even before it was announced that it was going to be an issue, because at my Wellbeing clinic, we actually tested for fentanyl as soon as it came out on the street, and we were finding that people who didn'

Health committee  As Dr. Bromley already mentioned, I am non-partisan in all of this. I look to the patient first and I look to our communities and ask what we can do to make a difference in our communities. We know we can't stop people from doing what their going to do in the addicted world, but

Health committee  It was a great surprise to find out that Halton was one of four areas that was noted as having a great need. It was a great surprise to me. So you don't have to be rural and you don't have to be remote to have lack of care. You can be in a central location, with everything availa

Health committee  That happens, and so you need to make sure, if your kids are going to take things, that at least you know they're being taken so you can address that issue.

Health committee  There's a lot of polysubstance abuse. For instance, it may be that the person is receiving a prescription from their family physician but in addition on Saturday night they did a line of cocaine. If you're asking for only the people who have their prescription abuse, there is a

Health committee  Our top recommendation is to keep them in a locked med box. Even if your 14-year old jimmies the lock, you now have a springboard to have a discussion because you know that they've taken something from it. In lots of cases, do you really pill count if you have medication? Say y

Health committee  A large percentage will supplement. People who live in pain will do anything they need to do to not live in pain. We shouldn't fault them for it. It's how they get through life. It's their coping mechanism to sometimes be able to get out of bed in the morning to get their childre

Health committee  I think it's very important to differentiate the various clinics and sites that are available. I came to my definition of what I wanted to have at my clinic by having a bottom-up model. We clinically helped people in our community with whatever their needs were. I don't want to

Health committee  Absolutely. There are solutions that address the issues of misuse and diversion. Dr. Buckley talked about Project Lazarus. We don't necessarily need to decrease the opioid prescriptions to decrease opioid deaths. There needs to be evidence-based research for alternative, effecti

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Lobb, and congratulations on your appointment as chair. Welcome to the committee members as well. Thank you very much for inviting me this afternoon to be part of this experience and to share with you my knowledge and my passion for addressing the needs of patien