Risk of adverse events in patients prescribed long ‐term opioids: a cohort study in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink

ConclusionsPatients prescribed long ‐term opioids are vulnerable to dose‐dependent serious adverse events. Opioid prescribing should be reviewed before long‐term use becomes established, and periodically thereafter to ensure that patients are not being exposed to increased risk of harm, which is not balanced by therapeutic benef it.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: European Journal of Pain - January 8, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: J Bedson, Y Chen, J Ashworth, R A Hayward, K M Dunn, K P Jordan Tags: Original Article Source Type: research