Controlling the Swing of the Opioid Pendulum

N Engl J Med. 2018 Feb 22;378(8):691-693. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1713159.

Authors

George Comerci Jr¹, Joanna Katzman¹, Daniel Duhigg¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Pain Consultation and Treatment Center, Project ECHO Pain and Opioid Management Clinic (G.C., J.K.), the Department of Internal Medicine (G.C.), and the Department of Neurosurgery (J.K.), University of New Mexico, and Department of Addiction Services, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Clinical Program, Presbyterian Healthcare System (D.D.) - all in Albuquerque, NM.

PMID: 29466151
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1713159

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Buprenorphine / therapeutic use*
Chronic Pain / drug therapy*
Drug Prescriptions
Government Regulation
Humans
Legislation, Drug
Opiate Substitution Treatment
Opioid-Related Disorders / drug therapy
Opioid-Related Disorders / prevention & control*
United States

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Buprenorphine