An independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed a final report of the 2014 NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: The Role of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain. The report summarizes the workshop and identifies the need for more research and development around the evidence-based, multidisciplinary approaches needed to balance patient perspectives, desired outcomes, and safety. The panel concludes that “individualized, patient-centered care is needed to treat and monitor the estimated 100 million Americans living with chronic pain.”
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