Drug abuse could be an occupational hazard
From San Diego, at a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
Among physicians most likely to become addicted to prescription drugs, anesthesiologists top the list. Their high rate of drug abuse has traditionally been blamed on easy access to opioids, a type of painkiller including morphine that many anesthesiologists administer on the job. However, new research suggests that the very nature of their work may put anesthesiologists at a higher risk of becoming addicts than other doctors are.