Opioid and Non-Opioid Pharmacotherapy Use for Pain Management Among Privately Insured Pediatric Patients With Cancer in the United States.
Chan ShenJ Douglas ThorntonNing LiEric SchaeferShouhao ZhouSarah KawasakiColette PameijerDouglas LesliePublished in: The oncologist (2023)
There has been a downward trend in the use of opioids in recent years among pediatric patients with cancer and an upward trend in the use of non-opioid pharmacotherapy for pain management potentially as an alternative to opioids.