The Opioid Crisis in the United States: Chronic Pain Physicians Are the Answer, Not the Cause

Anesth Analg. 2017 Nov;125(5):1432-1434. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002417.

Authors

Raeford E Brown Jr¹, Paul A Sloan

Affiliation

¹ From the *Kentucky Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky; and †Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee on Anesthetics and Analgesic Drug Products, Silver Spring, Maryland.

PMID: 29049104
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002417

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects*
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Chronic Pain / epidemiology
Chronic Pain / therapy*
Drug Compounding
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology
Opioid-Related Disorders / prevention & control*
Pain Management / methods*
Physician's Role*
United States / epidemiology
United States Dept. of Health and Human Services / legislation & jurisprudence

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid