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24.07.2019 | Bottom Line
Opioids Are Not Better than Non-opioid Pain Medications for Chronic Back, Hip, or Knee Pain
verfasst von:
Benjamin J. Oldfield, MD MHS, William S. Fuller, MD, William C. Becker, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 9/2019
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Excerpt
More than one in ten adults in the USA report chronic pain,
1 and a high proportion of primary care visits involve the management of chronic pain.
2 Primary care providers frequently prescribe opioids for treatment of chronic pain despite safety concerns and minimal evidence for efficacy.
3 Safety concerns surrounding opioid therapy include the development of opioid use disorder and overdose.
4 While current guidelines discourage opioid prescribing for chronic pain,
5 randomized trials of opioid therapy reporting long-term pain and function outcomes were lacking. High-quality evidence was needed to prepare providers for discussions with patients regarding chronic pain treatment options. …