Non-Opioid Medications for Pain Relief - AIG US

there has been a significant increase in prescriptions of opioid pain relievers. While there is good evidence of efficacy of opioids to treat acute pain, there is a lack of consensus on the role of opioids to treat chronic non-cancer pain due to: • limited long term efficacy (e.g. significant pain relief achieved in perhaps only 25% of patients) ................
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