The Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Opioids: A Survey of 84 Selected Patients with Intractable Chronic Noncancer Pain

C Peter N Watson; Judy Watt-Watson; Mary Chipman

doi:10.1155/2010/867201

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2010)

The Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Opioids: A Survey of 84 Selected Patients with Intractable Chronic Noncancer Pain

C Peter N Watson,
Judy Watt-Watson,
Mary Chipman

Affiliations

C Peter N Watson: Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Judy Watt-Watson: Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mary Chipman: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/867201
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 4
pp. 213 – 217

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The use of opioids for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) remains controversial. Despite a number of randomized controlled trials showing efficacy and safety in the short term, long-term data are limited.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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