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Ambulatory diagnosis and treatment of nonmalignant pain in the united states, 2000-2010

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Increased opioid prescribing has not been accompanied by similar increases in nonopioid analgesics or the proportion of ambulatory pain patients receiving pharmacologic treatment, suggesting clinical alternatives to prescription opioids may be underutilized as a means of treating ambulatory nonmalignant pain.
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Background:Escalating rates of prescription opioid use and abuse have occurred in the context of efforts to improve the treatment of nonmalignant pain.Objective:The aim of the study was to characterize the diagnosis and management of nonmalignant pain in ambulatory, office-based settings in the Unit

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General Approach to Chronic Pain

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Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers - United States, 1999-2008

TL;DR: Wide variation among states in the nonmedical use of OPR and overdose rates cannot be explained by underlying demographic differences in state populations but is related to wide variations in OPR prescribing.
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Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: a meta-analysis of effectiveness and side effects

TL;DR: Weak and strong opioids outperformed placebo for pain and function in all types of CNCP and were significantly superior to naproxen and nortriptyline, and only for pain relief.
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Systematic review: opioid treatment for chronic back pain: prevalence, efficacy, and association with addiction.

TL;DR: This systematic review and meta-analysis addresses the following questions: Are opioid medications effective in treating chronic back pain?
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Treatment of chronic non-cancer pain

TL;DR: A general overview of empirical evidence for the most commonly used interventions in the management of chronic non-cancer pain, including pharmacological, interventional, physical, psychological, rehabilitative, and alternative modalities is provided.
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Therapeutic opioids: a ten-year perspective on the complexities and complications of the escalating use, abuse, and nonmedical use of opioids.

TL;DR: Therapeutic opioid use has increased substantially, specifically of Schedule II drugs, and patients on long-term opioid use have been shown to increase the overall cost of healthcare, disability, rates of surgery, and late opioid use.
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