Minsoo Kim, Sun Kyung Park, Woong Mo Kim, Eunsoo Kim, Hyuckgoo Kim, Jun-Mo Park, Seong-Soo Choi, Eun Joo Choi
There are growing concerns regarding the safety of long-term treatment with opioids of patients with chronic non-cancer pain. In 2017, the Korean Pain Society (KPS) developed guidelines for opioid prescriptions for chronic non-cancer pain to guide physicians to prescribe opioids effectively and safely. Since then, investigations have provided updated data regarding opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain and have focused on initial dosing schedules, reassessment follow-ups, recommended dosage thresholds considering the risk-benefit ratio, dose-reducing schedules for tapering and discontinuation, adverse effects, and inadvertent problems resulting from inappropriate application of the previous guidelines...
April 1, 2024: Korean Journal of Pain