Opioid reduction for patients with chronic pain in primary care: systematic review.

Loes de KleijnJulie Rønne PedersenHanneke Rijkels-OttersAlessandro ChiarottoBart Koes

Published in: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (2022)

Results carefully point in the direction of a GP supervised tapering and multidisciplinary group therapeutic sessions to reduce long-term opioid treatment. However, because of high risk of bias and small sample sizes, no firm conclusions can be made demonstrating the need for more high-quality research.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
systematic review
primary care
pain management
meta analyses
machine learning
combination therapy
general practice
replacement therapy