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Jeffrey N. Bone, PhD
We thank Drs McCracken, Hawley, Panagiotoglou, Lavergne, and Gomes and Ms Peterson for their thoughtful letter about our article on new long-term opioid use in BC.[1] Our understanding is that they are concerned our... Read More
Background Long-term opioid therapy is associated with significant side effect profiles.[1-4] The prevalence of long-term opioid therapy has been reported to be 5.4% in the United States and 17.6% in Canada.[5,6]... Read More
Opioids are an essential component of multimodal therapy for acute and cancer pain management. Legitimate opioid prescription use in this setting is not considered to be a major contributor to chronic opioid misuse.[1,2... Read More