| Title |
Opioids and Chronic Pain: Where Is the Balance?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Current Oncology Reports, November 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11912-016-0558-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mellar P. Davis, Zankhana Mehta |
| Abstract |
Chronic opioid therapy (defined as greater than 3 months on opioids) is a common practice for those with non-cancer pain, cancer survivors with treatment-related pain, and individuals with cancer undergoing disease-modifying therapy with a survival that can be for a year or more. Recent studies have found unique long-term toxicities with opioids which reduce the utility of opioid therapy in chronic pain. The risk of addiction, depression, central hypogonadism, sleep-disordered breathing, impaired wound healing, infections, cognitive impairment, falls, non-vertebral fractures, and mortality are increased in populations on long-term opioids. Factors associated with these risks are related to dose, duration of opioid therapy, type of opioid, and formula (long-acting, short-acting). This state-of-the-art review discusses the risks and benefits of chronic opioid therapy and strategies to increase utility and diminish risks to opioid therapy. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
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| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 118 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 13% |
| Researcher | 13 | 11% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 30 | 25% |
| Unknown | 21 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 38 | 32% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 11% |
| Psychology | 8 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 27 | 23% |
| Unknown | 21 | 18% |
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