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For centuries, doctors have debated the best way to help patients with chronic pain. Twenty years ago, opioids were the answer. These highly addictive medications mask pain by attaching to protein …
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Abstract The new discipline of palliative care helped to establish the right to pain relief at the end of life and the necessity of using opioids to achieve that goal. Professional pain …
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Fam Pract. 2023 Jan 19:cmad002. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36656068. Conclusion Rather than assuming that patients desire pain reduction first and foremost, we …
Am J Psychiatry. 2022 Oct;179(10):696-698. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20220592. PMID: 36181333. Conclusion What is our final lesson about prescription opioid use, misuse and POUD risk? Opioid misuse …