2023
When harms outweigh benefits of long‐term opioid therapy for pain: Need for a new diagnostic entity, research and improved treatments
Becker W, Frank J, Edmond S, Starrels J. When harms outweigh benefits of long‐term opioid therapy for pain: Need for a new diagnostic entity, research and improved treatments. Addiction 2023, 119: 4-5. PMID: 37766414, DOI: 10.1111/add.16348.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2022
Delphi study to explore a new diagnosis for “ineffective” long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain
Edmond S, Snow J, Pomeranz J, Van Cleve R, Black A, Compton P, Becker W. Delphi study to explore a new diagnosis for “ineffective” long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain. Pain 2022, 164: 870-876. PMID: 36448976, DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term opioid therapyNew diagnostic entityDiagnostic criteriaPotential diagnostic criteriaDiagnostic entityOpioid therapyChronic painOpioid use disorderCertain patientsNew diagnosisUse disordersDelphi studyPainDisorder criteriaSubgroup of expertsRound 2PatientsTherapyThree-quartersRefining criteriaDelphi panelistsExpert panelistsSubgroupsLikert-type scaleRapid qualitative analysisClassification of Patients for Whom Benefit of Long-term Opioid Therapy No Longer Outweighs Harm: Protocol for a Delphi Study
Van Cleve R, Edmond S, Snow J, Black AC, Pomeranz JL, Becker W. Classification of Patients for Whom Benefit of Long-term Opioid Therapy No Longer Outweighs Harm: Protocol for a Delphi Study. JMIR Research Protocols 2022, 11: e33310. PMID: 35254277, PMCID: PMC8933798, DOI: 10.2196/33310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term opioid therapyINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERNew diagnostic entityDiagnostic entityOpioid therapySubset of patientsOpioid use disorderClassification of patientsInternal Review BoardChronic painOutweigh harmsClinical guidancePossible diagnostic criteriaDiagnostic criteriaUse disordersPatientsDelphi studyVeterans AffairsReview boardTherapyClinical phenomenaArt ConferenceThird roundDelphi techniqueParticipants
2021
Arguments for and Against a New Diagnostic Entity for Patients With Chronic Pain on Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Whom Harms Outweigh Benefits
Edmond SN, Snow JL, Pomeranz J, Van Cleve R, Becker WC. Arguments for and Against a New Diagnostic Entity for Patients With Chronic Pain on Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Whom Harms Outweigh Benefits. Journal Of Pain 2021, 23: 958-966. PMID: 34974174, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.12.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term opioid therapyOpioid use disorderNew diagnostic entityOpioid therapyDiagnostic entityOUD diagnosisChronic painOUD criteriaHarms outweigh benefitsNeeds of patientsDSM-5Larger Delphi studyUse disordersPatient experiencePatientsThematic qualitative methodsInternal medicineTherapyImproved treatmentExpert panelPainOutweigh benefitsBiological underpinningsDiagnosisThree-quarters
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