Opioid medication for chronic noncancer pain has grown in popularity over the last few decades, despite the lack of compelling evidence for their efficacy. Opioids can be considered as a means of analgesia for chronic pain when other non-opioid pain medication and treatments have been exhausted. ...
Aim of this study was to study the tolerability of opioid analgesia by performing a network meta-analysis (NMA) of randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) which investigated effectiveness of opioids for the management of chronic pain. Research articles repor
a landmark randomized controlled trial comparing benefits and harms of opioid versus non-opioid medications over 12 months forchronic musculoskeletal pain. SPACE, the results of which were published earlier this year inJAMA, found that opioid medications were ...
New guidelines urge doctors to be cautious when prescribing the medications for chronic pain. A 2016 survey of long-term prescription opioid users conducted by the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that two-thirds of participants were concerned that efforts to combat opioid ...
The purpose of the program is to improve overall pain management, provide record of patient request for CII medications and decrease delay in receiving medications. The solution was to implement a system that would control the point of entry for patients requesting their CII medications, ensure ...
Abstract Importance Limited evidence is available regarding long-term outcomes of opioids compared with nonopioid medications for chronic pain. Objective To compare opioid vs nonopioid medications over 12 months on pain-related function, pain intensity, and adverse effects. Design, Setting, and Participa...
Increases in prescriptions of opioid medications for chronic pain have been accompanied by increases in opioid overdoses, abuse, and other harms and uncert... Roger,Chou,A Judith,... - 《Annals of Internal Medicine》 被引量: 402发表: 2015年 Long-Term Opioid Therapy Reconsidered Drug Prescriptio...
This review examines the origin and evolution of the crisis, the pharmacological properties of opioids, the neurobiology of opioid use and opioid use disorder (OUD), medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and existing and promising approaches to prevention. The results of the review indicate ...
The authors identify that many plans have adopted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain, largely through quantity and dose limits. However, the authors also found that opioids and nonopioid medications were frequently classified on low ...
(Subutex, Suboxone). Doctors typically prescribe specific opioid products for specific types of moderate-to-severe short- or long-term pain. Opioid medications may also be used for other legitimate purposes, including the treatment of opioid addiction and the suppression of chronic coughs that don’...