Taking a Different Approach to Treating Patients Who Inject Drugs

Most patients who inject drugs have been probably trying to put off coming to the hospital really out of a intense fear and just many, many, many negative experiences with a health care system. So i think treating pain, treating withdrawal quickly and really forcefully to make sure that their symptoms get a lot better. And again, you know, some one is going to die from endo carditus if they don't get a valve replacement. That's really a no brainer. You can't help some one if there they're not with us any more.