Your medical director states all patients on chronic opioid therapy should be tapered, as there's no evidence opioids are effective for chronic pain. What is the actual efficacy of opioids for chronic pain?

Ep #017: Opioids are Not Effective for Treating Chronic Pain

Helpful discussions of challenges commonly faced by health care clinicians when prescribing opioids. Hosted by Dr. Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, Director of the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education program (SCOPE of Pain) at Boston University's Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

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Helpful discussions of challenges commonly faced by health care clinicians when prescribing opioids. Hosted by Dr. Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, Director of the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education program (SCOPE of Pain) at Boston University's Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine.

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Ep #017: Opioids are Not Effective for Treating Chronic Pain

Ep #017: Opioids are Not Effective for Treating Chronic Pain