Both chronic pain, and the harms associated with prescription opioid abuse, including serious adverse events and fatalities, ae enormous public health problems. In parallel with a rise in long-term opioid use for chronic nonmalignant pain (CNMP), abuse of prescription opioids in the U.S. escalated more than 113% between 2004 and 2013.20 Safe and effective administration of opioid therapy is recognized as requiring initial and ongoing assessment of the risks related to prescription drug abuse and potential for developing an opioid use disorder (OUD).
from The Journal of Pain http://bit.ly/2HsWNYK
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