Importance Primary care clinicians find managing chronic pain challenging. Evidence of
long-term efficacy of opioids for chronic pain is limited. Opioid use is associated with serious …

Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain — Misconceptions and Mitigation Strategies | New England Journal
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The global rise in opioid-related harms has impacted the United States severely. Current
efforts to manage the opioid crisis have prompted a re-evaluation of many of the existing …

Chronic pain (CP) and opioid use disorder (OUD) remain challenging complex public health
concerns. This is an updated review on the relationship between CP and OUD and the use …

Introduction: Pharmacist roles promoting safe opioid use are recognized in literature and
practice. Pharmacists can offer services such as counseling on opioid risks, naloxone …

Objective The pharmacist's role and responsibilities in addressing the opioid epidemic have
yet to be clearly defined, particularly from the patient's point of view. This qualitative study …

This study investigates the role of retail pharmacy ownership in the opioid epidemic. Using
data of prescription opioid orders, we show that compared with chain pharmacies …

ABSTRACT Background: Rural Tennessee, especially rural East Tennessee has seen a
dramatic increase in rates of controlled drug prescriptions and controlled drug overdose …

Background The opioid epidemic is an unprecedented public health crisis in the United
States. Community pharmacies are important stakeholders in detecting and addressing …

Background Community pharmacists are a key intervention point in efforts to prevent and
mitigate the impact of prescription drug abuse and misuse (PDA/M); yet pharmacists' …