Understanding Primary Care Physicians' Treatment of Chronic Low ...
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Efficacy <strong>of</strong> Opioids for <strong>Chronic</strong> Pain<br />
• Recent meta‐analysis <strong>of</strong> studies <strong>of</strong> opioid<br />
efficacy for long‐term reduction in chronic noncancer<br />
pain found<br />
• significant reduction in pain across studies<br />
• signs <strong>of</strong> opioid addiction in only .05%, and abuse in<br />
only .43% <strong>of</strong> participants. p<br />
• However, 33% <strong>of</strong> participants p using oral opioids<br />
discontinued treatment due to side‐effects, and<br />
12% withdrew due to insufficient pain relief.<br />
(Noble et al 2008)
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