Managing Chronic Pain with Opioids

Braden JB, Russo J, Fan M, et al. Emergency department visits among chronic opioid therapy recipients. Arch Intern Med 2010;170:1425–32.
Long-term Opioid Treatment of Nonmalignant Pain
http://www.turner-white.com/memberfile.php?PubCode=jcom_dec10_opioid.pdf

Farney RJ, Walker JM, Cloward TV, Rhondeau S.
Sleep-Disordered Breathing Associated With Long-term Opioid Therapy
Chest. 2003;123(2):632–9.
http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/123/2/632.full

Paul Arnstein, PhD, RN, FNP-C, FAAN and Barbara St. Marie, ANP, GNP, RN-BC
Managing Chronic Pain with Opioids: A Call for Change
A White Paper by the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation
http://www.nphealthcarefoundation.org/programs/downloads/white_paper_opioids.pdf

Fine, Perry, G., Fishbain, David A., Savage, Seddon R.
Pain Management Today®
American Pain Foundation-National Initiative of Pain Control (APF-NIPC®)
Executive Summary (each article contain PCP commentary)
http://newsletter.qhc.com/JFP/PMT_execsummary.pdf

Chou, Roger, Doghramji, Paul P.
Patient Selection and Initiation of Opioid Therapy as a Component of Pain Treatment
(Includes PCP commentary)
http://newsletter.qhc.com/JFP/JFP_pain102510.htm

Webster, Lynn, R., Rosentahl, Michael, P.
Informed Consent and Management Plans to Optimize Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain
http://newsletter.qhc.com/JFP/JFP_pain110510.htm

Arnstein, Paul, Conchella, Susan
Integration of Nonpharmacologic and Multidisciplinary Therapies Into the Opioid Treatment Plan
http://newsletter.qhc.com/JFP/JFP_pain121310.htm

Peppin, John, F., Kuritzky, Louis
Addressing Patient Concerns Associated With Chronic Pain Treatment and Opioid Use
http://newsletter.qhc.com/JFP/JFP_pain011911.htm

Argoff, Charles, E., Kuritzky, Louis
Discontinuing Opioid Therapy: Developing and Implementing an “Exit Strategy"
http://newsletter.qhc.com/JFP/JFP_pain041411.htm

Fine, Perry, G., Doghramji, Paul P.
Opioid Rotation
http://newsletter.qhc.com/JFP/JFP_pain032411.htm

Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH; Jeremy A. Rassen, ScD; Robert J. Glynn, PhD, ScD; Katie Garneau, BA; Raisa Levin, MSc; Joy Lee, BA; Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD, ScD
The Comparative Safety of Opioids for Nonmalignant Pain in Older Adults
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/170/22/1979

Recommendations to Physicians Caring for Katrina Disaster Victims on Chronic Opioids
[from a work group of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, National Pain Foundation, American Pain Foundation, and National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization]
http://www.painmed.org/files/emergency-recommendations-opioid-patients.pdf