Comparing Pain and Depressive Symptoms of Chronic Opioid Therapy Patients Receiving Dose Reduction and Risk Mitigation Initiatives to Usual Care

• Limits placed on high-dose opioid prescribing did not impact pain or depression• Most patients had severe pain and reported opioids were very or extremely helpful• Most patients found opioid side effects were not at all or a little bothersome

Source: The Journal of Pain - October 13, 2017 Category: Materials Science Authors: Manu Thakral, Rod L. Walker, Kathleen Saunders, Susan M. Shortreed, Michael Parchman, Ryan N. Hansen, Evette Ludman, Karen J. Sherman, Sascha Dublin, Michael Von Korff Tags: Original Report Source Type: research