Dallas—The older man’s addiction could be traced back to an opioid prescription after hip replacement surgery, according to Micah Sobota, PharmD, BCSP, a clinical pharmacist at Coleman Behavioral Health, in Lima, Ohio. When providers refused to keep renewing his prescription, the man, then in his early 60s, started buying from drug dealers.
“Then he had to switch to heroin, which was a heck of a lot cheaper,” said Dr. Sobota, recounting the story of his client, now in