Majority of U.S. adults with chronic pain use nonopioid management techniques

Majority of U.S. adults with chronic pain use nonopioid management techniques, data indicate

HealthDay (2/7) reports "adults with chronic pain use a variety of pain management strategies, including opioids, but the majority use nonopioid management techniques," data indicate. Investigators "found that 54.7% of adults with chronic pain only used nonopioid pain management techniques, while 10.7, 4.4, and 30.2% used both opioids and nonopioid techniques, used opioids only, and did not report any pain management techniques," respectively, "during the past three months." The findings of the 31,916-participant study were published as a research letter in JAMA Network Open.

AMA, Manatt Health unveil toolkit to help combat rising U.S. drug overdoses

MedPage Today (2/7, Firth) reports, "With drug overdose deaths continuing to rise, policymakers must help people with substance use disorders access evidence-based care and treatment, said leaders from the American Medical Association (AMA) and Manatt Health during a webinar on Monday." Their "State Toolkit to End the Nation's Drug Overdose Epidemic" identifies "key barriers to evidence-based care, and pairs those problems with examples from states that are leading the way in eliminating a particular barrier." Bobby Mukkamala, M.D., of the AMA Task Force on the Overdose Epidemic, said, "The point is that these policies must not just exist on paper. ... Our toolkit provides the tools and it's up to all of us to ensure that they're implemented and enforced."

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