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Addiction in Patients With Chronic Pain
Michael R. Clark, MD, MPH, MBA, Joyce King, MD, and Glenn J. Treisman, MD, PhD

Some fraction of opioid-treated patients with chronic pain will engage in aberrant substance use, including compulsive drug seeking and addiction.
The Politics of Pain: 3rd Annual Perry Fine Lecture at West Virginia University
Scott M. Fishman, MD

The World Health Organization has stated that undertreated pain is the number one health problem in America. Sharp rises in unintentional prescription drug overdose rates, however, have caused regulators to move to restrict access to...
Drug Testing and Reimbursement for Patients with Chronic Pain
Jennifer Bolen

The regulatory and reimbursement environment surrounding drug testing is becoming increasingly stringent.
The Opioid Emperor Has No Clothes
Michael Keane, BM, BS, FANZCA

Therapeutic prescription of opioid analgesics has risen sharply in the United States over the last two decades.
An Overview of Buprenorphine
Jeffrey A. Gudin, MD

Buprenorphine is a partial μ-opioid receptor agonist that is used the treatment of chronic pain and opioid addiction.
Buprenorphine for Prescription Opioid Dependence
C. Rollynn Sullivan, MD

During the last two decades, reports of inadequate pain treatment have resulted in increased opioid prescribing, at times by physicians who were not adequately trained in pain and risk management.
Opioids for Chronic Pain: Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Risks
Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH

Opioid analgesics are increasingly being prescribed for the management of chronic pain despite incomplete evidence for long-term efficacy and the ongoing risk of abuse.
Pharmacy Students’ Perspectives on Pain Patients
Karen F. Marlowe, PharmD, BCPS

Only a small percentage of chronic pain patients receiving appropriate opioid treatment will become addicted to the medications. In fact, in their patients treated with opioids, healthcare providers are much more likely to face noncompliant...
Chronic opioid therapy and preventive services in rural primary care: an Oregon rural practice-based research network study
David I. Buckley, MD, MPH

Chronic noncancer pain is a leading cause of disability, resulting in deleterious effects on multiple patient domains (eg, physical, psychological, cognitive, employment, among others).
Differences Among Clinical Tools for Predicting the Risk of Opioid-Related Aberrant Behaviors
Ted Jones, PhD

Recent guidelines call for assessing the risk for aberrant medication-related behavior in chronic pain sufferers who are candidates for long-term opioid therapy.

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