A Review of Opioid Prescription in a Teaching Hospital in Colombia
Despite having been used for many years, opioid analgesics remain essential in the control of severe pain. Hence, monitoring of opioid prescribing practices...
A Time Series Analysis of the Effect of California Regulatory Changes on Multiple Provider Episodes
Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) are designed to reduce medication diversion by identifying individuals obtaining the same medication...
Improving Access to Opioid Analgesics for Palliative Care in India
Approximately one million people in India experience cancer pain every year.1 As in many developing countries, it is typical that cancer is diagnosed...
Improving Availability of and Access to Opioids in Columbia: Description and Preliminary Results of an Action Plan for the Country
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other organizations have designated morphine and codeine as essential analgesics for the treatment...
Improving State Pain Policies: Recent Progress and Continuing Opportunities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, including pain associated with the disease....
India: Opioid Availability - An Update
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are around 2.4 million people in India with cancer.1 Two-thirds of them, about 1.6 million,...
Integrating Palliative Care in Public Health: The Colombian Experience Following an International Pain Policy Fellowship
Palliative care relieves suffering and improves quality of life of patients and families of malignant and nonmalignant illness.1–5 However, access...
Interpreting Changes in State Laws and Regulations Governing the Use of Controlled Substances to Treat Pain
Pain is one of the most common physical complaints following an individual's admission into the healthcare system [1-6]. Moderate to severe pain...
Medical Use, Misuse, and Diversion of Opioids in India
In less-developed countries, opioids such as morphine are often not available for pain relief because of excessive regulations imposed to prevent their misuse...
Opioid Availability and Palliative Care in Nepal: Influence of an International Pain Policy Fellowship
Globally, cancer incidence and mortality are increasing, and most of the burden is shifting to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where patients...
Reform of Drug Control Policy for Palliative Care in Romania
Unrelieved pain from cancer and HIV/AIDS is a substantial worldwide public‐health problem. Inadequate pain relief is partly due to excessively strict...
State Medical Board Members' Beliefs About Pain, Addictions, and Diversion and Abuse: A Changing Regulatory Environment
Three national surveys were conducted in 1991, 1997, and 2004 to evaluate state medical board members' knowledge and attitudes about...
The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration "Prescription Series" Proposal: Continuing Concerns
To ensure that patients are not denied access to Schedule II opioid analgesics when needed for the relief of moderate to severe pain, controlled...
Toward Safe Accessibility of Opioid Pain Medicines in Vietnam and Other Developing Countries: A Balanced Policy Method
Moderate or severe pain is common among people with advanced cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Yet despite agreement that pain relief...