VA/DoD CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR OPIOID THERAPY FOR CHRONIC PAIN
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<strong>VA</strong>/<strong>DoD</strong> Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain<br />
B. Risk Mitigation ................................................................................................................................... 46<br />
C. Type, Dose, Duration, Follow-up, and Taper of Opioids .................................................................. 51<br />
Appendix A: <strong>VA</strong> Signature Informed Consent ......................................................................................... 71<br />
Appendix B: Urine Drug Testing ............................................................................................................. 75<br />
A. Benefits of Urine Drug Testing .......................................................................................................... 75<br />
B. Types of Urine Drug Testing .............................................................................................................. 75<br />
Appendix C: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for Opioid Use Disorders ................ 80<br />
Appendix D: Drug Tables ....................................................................................................................... 81<br />
A. Short-acting, Orally Administered Opioids ....................................................................................... 81<br />
B. Long-acting/Extended-release Opioids ............................................................................................. 88<br />
C. Morphine Milligram Equivalent Doses ............................................................................................. 99<br />
D. Methadone Dosing Guidance .......................................................................................................... 101<br />
Appendix E: Evidence Review Methodology ........................................................................................ 106<br />
A. Developing the Scope and Key Questions ...................................................................................... 106<br />
B. Conducting the Systematic Review ................................................................................................. 111<br />
C. Convening the Face-to-face Meeting .............................................................................................. 116<br />
D. Grading Recommendations ............................................................................................................. 117<br />
E. Recommendation Categorization ................................................................................................... 120<br />
F. Drafting and Submitting the Final Clinical Practice Guideline........................................................ 122<br />
Appendix F: Patient Focus Group Methods and Findings ...................................................................... 123<br />
A. Methods ........................................................................................................................................... 123<br />
B. Patient Focus Group Findings .......................................................................................................... 124<br />
Appendix G: Evidence Table ................................................................................................................ 127<br />
Appendix H: 2010 Recommendation Categorization Table ................................................................... 132<br />
Appendix I: Participant List .................................................................................................................. 160<br />
Appendix J: Literature Review Search Terms and Strategy ................................................................... 162<br />
A. Topic-specific Search Terms ............................................................................................................ 162<br />
B. Search Strategies ............................................................................................................................. 168<br />
Appendix K: Abbreviation List .............................................................................................................. 176<br />
References .......................................................................................................................................... 179<br />
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