Managing twin crises in chronic pain and prescription opioids

BMJ. 2019 Mar 6;364:l917. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l917.

Authors

Sean Mackey¹, Ming-Chih Kao¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

PMID: 30842099
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l917

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage
Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects*
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Chronic Pain / drug therapy*
Chronic Pain / epidemiology*
Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
Pain Management / methods
Pain Management / standards
Patient Education as Topic / methods
Prescription Drug Misuse / statistics & numerical data*
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid