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Kenneth L. Kirsh, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Lexington, Kentucky
Steven D. Passik, PhD
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Steven D. Passik, PhD
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Associate Attending Psychologist
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
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Association between urine drug test results and treatment outcome in high-risk chronic pain patients on opioids
Drug testing, chronic pain,and financial conflicts of interest
Opioid-Paracetamol Prescription Patterns and Liver Dysfunction: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Population Served by a US Heal
The Opioid Emperor Has No Clothes.
Is Primary Care Providers' Trust in Socially Marginalized Patients Affected by Race?
Barth KS, Becker WC, Wiedemer NL, Mavandadi S, Oslin DW, Meghani SH, Gallagher RM.
J Addict...
J Addict...
Drug testing, chronic pain,and financial conflicts of interest
Collen M, Leider HL, Dhaliwal J, Davis EJ, Kulakodlu M, Buikema AR.
Am J Manag Care. 2011 Apr...
Am J Manag Care. 2011 Apr...
Opioid-Paracetamol Prescription Patterns and Liver Dysfunction: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Population Served by a US Heal
Mort JR, Shiyanbola OO, Ndehi LN, Xu Y, Stacy JN.
Drug Saf. 2011 Nov 1;34(11):1079-88....
Drug Saf. 2011 Nov 1;34(11):1079-88....
The Opioid Emperor Has No Clothes.
Keane M.
Am J Bioeth. 2010 Nov;10(11):25-7.
Am J Bioeth. 2010 Nov;10(11):25-7.
Is Primary Care Providers' Trust in Socially Marginalized Patients Affected by Race?
Moskowitz D, Thom DH, Guzman D, Penko J, Miaskowski C, Kushel M.
J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Mar...
J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Mar...
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The regulatory and reimbursement environment surrounding drug testing is becoming increasingly stringent.
Therapeutic prescription of opioid analgesics has risen sharply in the United States over the last two decades.
Buprenorphine is a partial μ-opioid receptor agonist that is used the treatment of chronic pain and opioid addiction.
During the last two decades, reports of inadequate pain treatment have resulted in increased opioid prescribing, at times by physicians who were not adequately trained in pain and risk management.
Opioid analgesics are increasingly being prescribed for the management of chronic pain despite incomplete evidence for long-term efficacy and the ongoing risk of abuse.
Only a small percentage of chronic pain patients receiving appropriate opioid treatment will become addicted to the medications. In fact, in their patients treated with opioids, healthcare providers are much more likely to face noncompliant behavior than frank addiction.
Chronic noncancer pain is a leading cause of disability, resulting in deleterious effects on multiple patient domains (eg, physical, psychological, cognitive, employment, among others).
Recent guidelines call for assessing the risk for aberrant medication-related behavior in chronic pain sufferers who are candidates for long-term opioid therapy.
The World Health Organization has stated that undertreated pain is the number one health problem in America. Sharp rises in unintentional prescription drug overdose rates, however, have caused regulators to move to restrict access to prescription opioids and other potentially abusable medications classes.
By following state and federal guidelines on prescribing controlled substances, physicians can treat chronic pain in patients who have no history of addiction, those who are recovering from addiction, and even patients with active addiction.