Managing Cancer Pain During the Opioid Epidemic—Balancing Caution and Compassion
Ces deux articles américains soulignent l’importance d’évaluer les bénéfices et les risques de l’utilisation des opioïdes pour soulager la douleur chez des patients atteints d’un cancer
Opioid prescribing patterns have come under increased scrutiny in the setting of the ongoing opioid epidemic as rates of opioid prescription, overdose, and mortality have risen in the United States.1 The opioid epidemic has appropriately led to new guidelines, regulations, and policies that attempt to curtail the inappropriate use of opioids in clinical practice. However, these policies in part arise from prior research of opioid-related adverse effects in the noncancer population, and we lack an understanding of how the opioid epidemic and related opioid policies will influence patients with cancer.
JAMA Oncology , commentaire, 2019