Doctors who treat pain say threats of violence escalated markedly in recent years as mounting legal and regulatory pressure led many to prescribe alternatives to opioids.
One patient threatened to shoot Dr. Terry Hunt if physical therapy didn't relieve his pain as effectively as opioids did. Another harassed his staff, then roamed a hospital searching for Hunt.
Doctors who treat pain say threats of violence escalated markedly in recent years as mounting legal and regulatory pressure led many to prescribe alternatives to opioids.