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Chronic opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain: a review and comparison of treatment guidelines.
Pain Physician
July 2015
Laboratory and Clinical Research Institute for Pain, Department of Anaesthesiology, The University of Hong Kong; Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development, The University of Queensland; School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western A.
Background: Long-term opioid use for chronic non-cancer pain has increased substantially in recent years despite the paucity of strong supporting scientific data and concerns regarding adverse effects and potential misuse.
Study Design: Review and summary of practice guidelines available on PubMed and Cochrane databases as well as on the Internet on chronic opioid therapy from June 2004 to June 2013.
Objective: To review expert-developed practice guidelines on chronic opioid therapy, published in different countries over the past decade in order to reveal similar principles of therapy and to provide useful information and references for future development of opioid guidelines to identify adequately supported practice points and areas in need of further scientific evidence.