Sometimes an opioid medication is the only thing that will alleviate pain, explains Tonya Edwards, MS, MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Supportive Care Department, and will need to be managed carefully.

Tonya Edwards, MS, MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Supportive Care Department, discusses the steps to take when patients are struggling with medications.

Tonya Edwards, MS, MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Supportive Care Department, enumerates some of the red flags that navigators should watch for with patients taking opioids.

Tonya Edwards, MS, MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Supportive Care Department, discusses what to do when a patient has developed a possible addiction to their opioid medications.