Importance Primary care clinicians find managing chronic pain challenging. Evidence of
long-term efficacy of opioids for chronic pain is limited. Opioid use is associated with serious …

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Methods In developing this guideline, the steering committee followed standards for
trustworthy guidelines. 15 We included innovative approaches for key standards such as …

Background: Increases in prescriptions of opioid medications for chronic pain have been
accompanied by increases in opioid overdoses, abuse, and other harms and uncertainty …

Opioid use in chronic pain treatment is complex, as patients may derive both benefit and
harm. Identification of individuals currently using opioids in a problematic way is important …

Background Chronic pain is common and can be challenging to manage. Despite increased
utilisation of opioids, the safety and efficacy of long‐term use of these compounds for chronic …

Description: In May 2022, leadership within the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and
US Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline for the use of …

Importance The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the “Guideline
For Prescribing Opioids For Chronic Pain”(hereafter, CDC guideline) in 2016, but its …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to review the current scientific evidence on the
role of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) implementations in reducing postoperative …

In the past 20 years, primary care physicians have greatly increased prescribing of long-term
opioid therapy. However, the rise in opioid prescribing has outpaced the evidence regarding …