Pain management training for IA doctors questioned

A psychiatrist at Veterans Hospital in Iowa City says more training in pain management may be needed for doctors getting licensed to practice in Iowa. At a drug abuse symposium in Iowa City last week, Dr. Anthony Miller discussed the overprescribing of pain medicine that's become common in American medicine since the 1990's. Miller says the Iowa Board of Medicine has taken some steps to inform doctors of the risks of prescribing opioids. "A key piece of safe subscribers is making sure physicians and other prescribers are educated in the state of Iowa," Miller says. "The board of Medicine now requires that to get a medical license you have to get some training in pain management."