The effectiveness and risks of long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain: a systematic review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop.
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Abstract
Increases in prescriptions of opioid medications for chronic pain have been accompanied
by increases in opioid overdoses, abuse, and other harms and uncertainty about long-term
effectiveness.