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Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain: As the Pendulum Swings, Who Should Set Prescribing Standards for Primary Care?

Year: 2012

Type: editorial

Abstract: Primary care is the vital center of compassionate, evidence-based, and safe management of chronic pain. It is where long-term opioid prescribing for chronic noncancer pain has most often occurred, and it is a gateway to nonpharmacologic approaches to chronic pain care. Rosenblatt and Catlin offer

Source: The Annals of Family Medicine

DOI: 10.1370/afm.1422

Author: M. R. Von Korff

Language: English

Topic: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Institute on Aging

Award: Transition to Long-Term Opioid Use Among Older Adults with Chronic Pain