New Hampshire Opioid Prescribing Resource for Chronic Non-Terminal Pain (Opioid Prescribing Guidance with Embedded Links)
Developed by the New Hampshire Medical Society (NHMS) Task Force on Pain and Prescription Opioid Misuse
This resource focuses on the treatment of chronic non-terminal pain; however, clinicians may also find the principles, tools and other cited resources helpful for the management of acute pain and pain associated with terminal illness.
Evidence is evolving related to the best practices in opioid therapy of chronic pain. This resource guide is a product of a clinical consensus process with integration of available evidence by a task force of the New Hampshire Medical Society*. It draws on the 2009 American Pain Society/American Academy of Pain Medicine Guidelines on the Use of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain.
The resource is offered with the understanding that appropriate medical practice must be determined in a specific clinical context, based on clinical options reasonably available and the judgment of the clinician and the preferences of the patient.
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