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People can taper off opioids without increasing pain. Except that’s a lie.
Study: Reducing Opioid Use for Chronic Pain With a Group-Based Intervention. A Randomized Clinical Trial Ok, so here we go again. Another study, making headlines,...
Petition against FORCED TAPERING OF OPIOID PAIN MEDICATION
In June 2020, the Australian government, via the TGA, increased restrictions around the prescription of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain. While these are well intentioned,...
Antidepressants are not effective for chronic pain – Study
Antidepressants are commonly prescribed to treat chronic pain, and prescribing is on the rise, but a recent University of Sydney led review has found most...
Letters to the Editor – the Guardian on opioid addiction treatment
The guardian published an article on the 6th of March, 2023 that is perjorative against chronic pain patietns and full of misinformation. Masquerading as an...
Study – Association Between Opioid Tapering and Subsequent Health Care Use, Medication Adherence, and Chronic Condition Control
Published February 7, 2023 Link to study Yet another study from the University of California at Davis, examining tapering among adults prescribed stable doses of...
Study – Long-term Risk of Overdose or Mental Health Crisis After Opioid Dose Tapering
Published June 13, 2022 Link to study This study is a continuation to the August 2021 study Association of Dose Tapering With Overdose or Mental...
Study – Association of Dose Tapering With Overdose or Mental Health Crisis Among Patients Prescribed Long-term Opioids
Published August 3, 2021 link to study Patients receiving long term opioid therapy who experienced dose tapering off their opioid pain relieving medications experience higher...
Study: International Stakeholder Community of Pain Experts and Leaders Call for an Urgent Action on Forced Opioid Tapering
Published in Pain Medicine, Volume 20, Issue 3, March 2019 First published in 2018 Forced opioid tapering in the US was rampant and many high-profile...
Study – “I felt like I had a scarlet letter”: Recurring experiences of structural stigma surrounding opioid tapering among patients with chronic, non-cancer pain
Published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, volume 222, May 2021 This study does not relate directly to the harms of overdose and suicide, but the...
Study – Does Opioid Tapering in Chronic Pain Patients Result in Improved Pain or Same Pain vs Increased Pain at Taper Completion? A Structured Evidence-Based Systematic Review
Published in Pain Medicine, volume 20, Issue 11, November 2019 First published in 2018 Link to study THIS is the study that is often referred...