White Paper
Growing Pains: Key Pharmacy Considerations for Pain Management in Young Workers
White Paper Summary
When it comes to pharmacy management, medications that are commonly prescribed in workers’ comp to adult patients may not be clinically appropriate for younger individuals, as those drugs may not be adequately studied in pediatric populations. Additionally, measuring outcomes among minors may be difficult.
Furthermore, individuals can progress through adolescence at different rates, meaning two young people of the same age could be at vastly different stages of development, and pharmacotherapy may be even more nuanced when compared to adults.
Therefore, it is worth examining some of the most common drug classes in workers’ comp through the lens of treating pain in younger individuals.
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