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Scientists probe ways to curb opioid abuse without hindering pain treatment (2007)
Auteur(s) :
B. M. KUEHN
Article en page(s) :
1965-1967
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Résumé :
Research on the use of opioid pain medications is beginning to provide some guidance on curbing abuse of these powerful prescription drugs while allowing patients in need to receive adequate treatment for pain. Greater recognition of the importance of pain management has led to skyrocketing numbers of prescriptions for opioid analgesics. At the same time, abuse of these drugs has increased (Kuehn BM. JAMA. 2007;297:249-251). This pair of trends has left many physicians considering the best ways to ensure that patients get needed pain relief while preventing abuse of pain medications. To help advance research and interdisciplinary dialogue on the interface between pain treatment and abuse of pain medications, clinicians, scientists, and other stakeholders gathered in March for a conference on this topic sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Md. Among the presentations were sessions outlining current research on ways to identify patients with substance abuse problems, techniques for safe prescribing, and drugs in development that may offer less addictive alternatives to existing treatments for pain. (Extract of the publication)
Affiliation :
USA