2021
Opioids for chronic pain management in patients with dialysis-dependent kidney failure
Tobin DG, Lockwood MB, Kimmel PL, Dember LM, Eneanya ND, Jhamb M, Nolin TD, Becker WC, Fischer MJ. Opioids for chronic pain management in patients with dialysis-dependent kidney failure. Nature Reviews Nephrology 2021, 18: 113-128. PMID: 34621058, PMCID: PMC8792317, DOI: 10.1038/s41581-021-00484-6.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPain managementChronic painOpioid therapyKidney failureDialysis-dependent kidney failureLong-term opioid therapyHealth care resource useGuideline-recommended careOpioid Prescribing PatternsHalf of patientsChronic pain managementBurden of painEffectiveness of opioidsUnique pharmacological propertiesAnalgesic optionsPrescribing patternsAdult patientsMost patientsSevere painMaintenance haemodialysisOpioid analgesicsPainGeneral populationPatientsHaemodialysis
2018
Pain and Addiction in Specialty and Primary Care: The Bookends of a Crisis
Schottenfeld JR, Waldman SA, Gluck AR, Tobin DG. Pain and Addiction in Specialty and Primary Care: The Bookends of a Crisis. The Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2018, 46: 220-237. PMID: 30146986, DOI: 10.1177/1073110518782923.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2016
Breaking the pain contract: A better controlled-substance agreement for patients on chronic opioid therapy
Tobin DG, Keough Forte K, Johnson McGee S. Breaking the pain contract: A better controlled-substance agreement for patients on chronic opioid therapy. Cleveland Clinic Journal Of Medicine 2016, 83: 827-835. PMID: 27824537, DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIn reply: Prescribing opioids (March 2016)
Tobin DG, Andrews R, Becker WC. In reply: Prescribing opioids (March 2016). Cleveland Clinic Journal Of Medicine 2016, 83: 554-555. PMID: 27505869, DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.83c.08002.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersPrescribing opioids in primary care: Safely starting, monitoring, and stopping
Tobin DG, Andrews R, Becker WC. Prescribing opioids in primary care: Safely starting, monitoring, and stopping. Cleveland Clinic Journal Of Medicine 2016, 83: 207-215. PMID: 26974992, DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15034.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAnalgesics, OpioidChronic PainDrug MonitoringDrug PrescriptionsHumansPrimary Health CareSafetyConceptsChronic opioid therapyChronic noncancer painPrimary care providersPrescription drug abuseNoncancer painOpioid therapyOpioid misusePrimary careCare teamCare providersEpidemic proportionsMeaningful benefitPatient communicationOpioidsDrug abuseAdverse effectsAbusePainOutpatientsPatientsTherapyCare