Assessment of Chronic Pain Management in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Gaps in Care and Implications for Treatment Outcomes

Chronic pain (i.e., pain experienced for 3 months or longer) is a significant comorbid condition among individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD).3,17 Despite this well-documented complexity, there are conflicting perceptions of who is responsible for addressing chronic pain within OUD, with prior literature referencing the assessment and management of chronic pain within a general term of “physicians” or across multiple physician specialties such as addiction medicine, pain specialists, or primary care physicians.

Source: The Journal of Pain - November 13, 2020 Category: Materials Science Authors: Mathew S. Ellis, Zachary Kasper, Theodore Cicero Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research