Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use
0309459540, 9780309459549
Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injur
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Pages 482
Year 2017
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Table of contents :
FrontMatter
Reviewers
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Boxes, Figures, and Tables
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Summary
1 Introduction
PART I: PAIN MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH
2 Pain Management and the Intersection of Pain and Opioid Use Disorder
3 Progress and Future Directions in Research on Pain and Opioid Use Disorder
PART II: ADDRESSING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
4 Trends in Opioid Use, Harms, and Treatment
5 Evidence on Strategies for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
6 Opioid Approval and Monitoring by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: Data Sources and Methods
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Consultants
Appendix C: Existing Data Sources on Opioid Use, Misuse, Overdose, and Other Harms