Primary care attitudes affecting the use of strong opioids in pain management have changed
considerably in the last 3 decades. Forces that have shaped current attitudes and trends in …

Background: Opioid analgesics have been considered the drugs of choice for the treatment
of moderate to severe cancer and postoperative pain. Cultural attitudes and concerns about …

Although opioid therapy is widely used for the treatment of chronic pain conditions, there is a
lack of consensus on a number of practical issues related to the use of prescription opioids …

Physicians involved in cancer pain management treat thousands of patients with opioids,
whose effective analgesia improves overall functioning. Side effects generally are tolerable …

■ ABSTRACT Many physicians avoid prescribing opioid analgesics for chronic pain
because of misconceptions or fears about efficacy, adverse effects, abuse, and addiction …

EDITORIALS ent in long-term opioid use, and benefits are uncertain, Ed Covington of the
Cleveland Clinic stated that initiation of opioids for management of chronic pain should …

Evaluating and treating patients with chronic nonmalignant pain, especially with opioid
medications, often causes discomfort on the part of primary care physicians. A number of …

PREVIEW Opioids are powerful medications with a history that includes use for pain relief
and, at times, addiction. This history of therapy versus drug abuse continues to cloud their …

Objective. Opioid analgesics are the drugs of choice for the treatment of moderate to severe
acute and cancer pain. Although their role in the management of chronic pain not related to …

BACKGROUND: Opioid prescribing in the United States is decreasing, however, the opioid
epidemic is continuing at an uncontrollable rate. Available data show a significant number of …