Background: Evidence-based treatment is provided infrequently and inconsistently to
patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). Treatment guidelines call for high-quality, patient …

Ensuring high-quality, respectful, and appropriate management of chronic non-cancer pain
(CNCP) in the context of the US opioid crisis is a critical and complex endeavor. At the end …

This state-of-the-art review comprehensive covers the benefits and risks of tapering opioids.
The review discusses opioid strategies and pitfalls that may occur during tapering. The …

Objective To examine the association between prescriber workforce exit, long term opioid
treatment discontinuation, and clinical outcomes. Design Quasi-experimental difference-in …

The management of chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) with chronic opioid therapy (COT) is
controversial. There is a lack of consensus on how COT is defined resulting in unclear …

Background Primary care providers prescribe most long-term opioid therapy and are
increasingly asked to taper the opioid doses of these patients to safer levels. A recent …

Purpose: Among industrialized countries, Canada has the second-highest opioid
prescribing rate for pain management. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy …

Thanks to Drs. Fields and Darnall for their letter. I agree with many of the points that they
make. To start with, I agree with the title of their letter: Optimal opioid treatment requires a …

Background: The use of electronic health record (EHR) systems encourages and facilitates
the use of data for the development and surveillance of quality indicators, including pain …

Only a fraction of the five million military Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain
receiving care in the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) engage in evidence-based …