Continuing use of buprenorphine during acute pain episodes may be associated with similar, improved pain outcomes versus discontinuation
Mean symptom intensity, mean interference lower for OLP with treatment rationale versus treatment as usual
Authors call for routine screening for mental health symptoms in people with chronic pain
Positive association seen for physical functioning with global mental health T-score; negative association seen for pain with GMH-T
Opioid prescriptions in the emergency department linked to small increases in hospital admission and subsequent opioid prescription use
Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis, experiencing chronic pain had larger reduction in BPI Interference score
Decline seen in global cognition, memory in adults aged at least 50 years
Single 20-minute session had significant efficacy for reducing pain intensity, pain unpleasantness, anxiety
Pain interference scores were significantly lower with group and self-paced mindfulness-based interventions among veterans
Clinicians and policymakers need a more accurate estimate of the prevalence of problematic opioid use, authors say