Opioid therapy for chronic pain

JC Ballantyne, J Mao - New England Journal of Medicine, 2003 - Mass Medical Soc
… to occur in patients with chronic pain who receive high-dose opioid therapy. The aim of
current … effects of opioid therapy and to ensure careful follow-up and cessation of therapy if the …

Opioid therapy for chronic pain in the United States: promises and perils

MD Sullivan, CQ Howe - PAIN®, 2013 - Elsevier
opioid regimens. This adverse selection may link these trends in use, abuse, and overdose.
Long-term opioid therapy … -wide treatment of chronic pain with long-term opioid therapy. The …

The effectiveness and risks of long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop

R Chou, JA Turner, EB Devine, RN Hansen… - Annals of internal …, 2015 - acpjournals.org
… the effectiveness and harms of opioid therapy for chronic pain. We updated a prior review
(19) and expanded on it by focusing on long-term benefits and harms of opioid therapy, risk for …

Opioid therapy in chronic pain

JC Ballantyne - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, 2015 - pmr.theclinics.com
… , opioids can be used to treat chronic pain safely and effectively. Many questions remain,
but what this article presents is how opioids should be used to treat chronic pain considering …

Opioid therapy in acute and chronic pain

AN Nafziger, RL Barkin - The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… with the common classes of opioid agonists and partial agonists, … opioids, the risks of opioid
therapy, and the requirements for safe and effective use of opioids in acute and chronic pain. …

Exploring the use of chronic opioid therapy for chronic pain: when, how, and for whom?

A Brooks, C Kominek, TC Pham, J Fudin - Medical Clinics, 2016 - medical.theclinics.com
… The effectiveness and risks of long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review
… The effectiveness and risks of long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review …

Complications of long-term opioid therapy for management of chronic pain: the paradox of opioid-induced hyperalgesia

DE Brush - Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2012 - Springer
… of opioid pharmacodynamics and may influence our approach to management of chronic
pain. … the context of our current understanding of opioids and our prescribing patterns so that …

Opioid use in the management of chronic pain

SR Savage - Medical Clinics of North America, 1999 - Elsevier
… initiation and continuation of opioids in chronic pain treatment: When in the course of treatment
opioid therapy of non–cancer-related chronic pain should be considered, for what level of …

The conundrum of opioid tapering in long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain: a commentary

A Manhapra, AJ Arias, JC Ballantyne - Substance Abuse, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
… In response to the opioid epidemic and new guidelines, many patients on high-dose long
term opioid therapy (LTOT) for chronic pain are getting tapered off opioids. As a result, a …

The opioid renewal clinic: a primary care, managed approach to opioid therapy in chronic pain patients at risk for substance abuse

NL Wiedemer, PS Harden, IO Arndt… - Pain …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… There is no validated tool to predict the risk of substance abuse in patients with chronic
pain being considered for opioid therapy [47]. Patients' self-report of drug use is frequently …