[HTML][HTML] Chronic pain among adults—United States, 2019–2021

SM Rikard - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2023 - cdc.gov
During 2021, an estimated 20.9% of US adults (51.6 million persons) experienced chronic
pain, and 6.9%(17.1 million persons) experienced high-impact chronic pain (ie, chronic pain …

Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial

CMP Jones, RO Day, BW Koes, J Latimer, CG Maher… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Opioid analgesics are commonly used for acute low back pain and neck pain,
but supporting efficacy data are scarce. We aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of a …

[HTML][HTML] Prescribing opioids for pain—the new CDC clinical practice guideline

D Dowell, KR Ragan, CM Jones… - New England Journal …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Prescribing Opioids for Pain — The New CDC Clinical Practice Guideline | New England Journal
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Gene therapy for chronic pain: emerging opportunities in target-rich peripheral nociceptors

SV Ovsepian, SG Waxman - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
With sweeping advances in precision delivery systems and manipulation of the genomes
and transcriptomes of various cell types, medical biotechnology offers unprecedented …

Rational multimodal analgesia for perioperative pain management

GP Joshi - Current pain and headache reports, 2023 - Springer
Purpose of Review A multimodal analgesic approach improves postoperative pain relief and
reduces opioid use; however, it is not universally implemented. This review presents the …

[HTML][HTML] Drug overdose deaths with evidence of counterfeit pill use—United States, July 2019–December 2021

J O'Donnell - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2023 - cdc.gov
Using data from CDC's State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System, this report
describes trends in overdose deaths with evidence of counterfeit pill use during July 2019 …

The use of opioids in the management of chronic pain: synopsis of the 2022 updated US Department of Veterans Affairs and US Department of Defense clinical …

F Sandbrink, JL Murphy, M Johansson… - Annals of internal …, 2023 - acpjournals.org
Description: In May 2022, leadership within the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and
US Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline for the use of …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance for violent deaths—national violent death reporting system, 48 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2020

GS Liu - MMWR. Surveillance Summaries, 2023 - cdc.gov
Abstract Problem/Condition: In 2020, approximately 71,000 persons died of violence-related
injuries in the United States. This report summarizes data from CDC's National Violent Death …

Prevalence and correlates of prescription opioid use among US adults, 2019–2020

A Zajacova, H Grol-Prokopczyk, M Limani, C Schwarz… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
This study estimates the prevalence of prescription opioid use (POU) in the United States
(US) in 2019–2020, both in the general population and specifically among adults with pain …

Racial and ethnic differences in receipt of nonpharmacologic care for chronic low back pain among Medicare beneficiaries with OUD

F Bhondoekhan, BDL Marshall, TI Shireman… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Nonpharmacologic treatments are important for managing chronic pain among
persons with opioid use disorder (OUD), for whom opioid and other pharmacologic …