Opioid tapering in fibromyalgia patients: experience from an interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation program

JL Cunningham, MM Evans, SM King, JM Gehin… - Pain …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective. Despite current guideline recommendations against the use of opioids for the
treatment of fibromyalgia pain, opioid use is reported in approximately 30% of the patient …

[HTML][HTML] Reporting characteristics of cancer pain: A systematic review and quantitative analysis of research publications in palliative care journals

SP Kumar - Indian journal of palliative care, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: A common disorder requiring symptom palliation in palliative and end-of-life care
is cancer. Cancer pain is recognized as a global health burden. This paper sought to …

[PDF][PDF] Best practices in tapering methods in patients undergoing opioid therapy

J Suttner, A White, K Vernachio - Adv Pharmacol Pharm, 2013 - researchgate.net
The prescribing of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain has escalated over recent years. This
pattern has led to a larger number of patients who require discontinuation of opioid therapy …