Effectiveness of long-term opioid therapy among chronic non-cancer pain patients attending multidisciplinary pain treatment clinics: A Quebec Pain Registry study.

Hichem SaïdiM Gabrielle PagéAline BoulangerMark A WareManon Choinière

Published in: Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur (2018)

A significant subgroup of patients may benefit from long-term opioid therapy in terms of pain severity and mQOL but the majority do not. The challenge facing clinicians is how to identify who the responders will be.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
end stage renal disease
neuropathic pain
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
primary care
prognostic factors
stem cells
squamous cell carcinoma
palliative care
bone marrow
mesenchymal stem cells
smoking cessation