CMAJ| MAY 8, 2017| VOLUME 189| ISSUE 18 E651 symptoms or do not trust that their
prescribers are changing their prescriptions because it is in the patient's best interests …

The use of opioids in chronic non-cancer pain continues to be a flashpoint in medicine. The
media and others continue to cite rising deaths due to opioids without clarifying that a large …

Review quality appraisal, summary of the evidence, generation of the first draft of
recommendations and revision of the recommendations using feedback from the national …

Objective To provide family physicians with a practical clinical summary of the Canadian
Guideline for Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain, developed by …

The 2016 CDC guidelines for opioid prescribing by primary care physicians have exposed
some shortfalls in our thinking about opioid use and stranded many chronic pain patients …

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Background Chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) refers to all pain disorders, not due to cancer,
that persist for≥ 3 months. The point prevalence of CNCP in the general population of …

The last 10–15 years have seen an increase in the use of opioids in chronic noncancer pain.
The consequences of increased use only gradually became apparent. The five pillars of …

Chronic pain affects one in five Canadians, and opioids continue to be prescribed to 12.3%
of the Canadian population. A survey of family physicians was conducted in 2010 as a …

Chronic pain is a major health burden in the US, with recent estimates indicating that 1 in 5
adults has chronic pain. 1 Nearly 40% of these individuals experience substantial …