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Deprescribing long‐term opioid therapy in patients with chronic pain
Author(s) -
Glare Paul,
AshtonJames Claire,
Han Esther,
Nicholas Michael
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.15023
Subject(s) - medicine , deprescribing , pill , chronic pain , opioid , term (time) , intensive care medicine , long term care , polypharmacy , alternative medicine , medline , physical therapy , psychiatry , nursing , physics , receptor , pathology , quantum mechanics , political science , law
Proposed regulatory changes will limit the access to opioids by Australian patients with chronic pain, many of whom are under the care of consultant physicians. This review summarises points of consensus on opioid deprescribing that emerged from the interaction of an expert panel and the audience at a symposium on the topic held in Sydney in 2019. Each of these consensus points speaks to the need for an individualised, patient‐centred approach. In other words, ‘treat the patient, not the pill count’.