Jun 21, 2016
Over the past two decades, the use of opioids
to manage chronic pain has increased substantially. Within this
same period, unintentional death related to prescription opioids
has been identified as a public health crisis, owing in part to
such factors as insufficient professional training and medication
overprescription, misuse, and diversion. AJN’s
editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Risa Denenberg and Carol
P. Curtiss about their article, which offers an overview of current
best practices for prescribing opioids for chronic pain.