Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DESTIN, Fla. — Physicians considering opioids for pain should perform manual calculations before consulting ...
New Orleans, Louisiana — Opioid analgesic conversion guidelines from professional societies and federal or state governments are inconsistent, and the sources for these recommendations are riddled ...
In a letter to the FDA, the American Society of Anesthesiologists has addressed public health concerns associated with the use of equianalgesic opioid conversion tables and has recommended a staged ...
This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...
The CDC 2016 Opioid Prescribing Advice, which has caused so much hardship to so many pain patients, has been tossed out and replaced by a revised document. Is it better? Sure looks that way. Imagine ...
Stigma and safety fears have made daily dose tapering of opioid prescriptions more common. New research, however, shows tapering can occur at rates as much as six times higher than recommended, ...