# Pain Management and Opioid Use

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/pain-management-and-opioid-use/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to pain management, with a focus on challenges in treating postoperative pain, cancer-related pain, and persistent pain in elderly patients. It also explores the genetic basis for individual variations in pain perception and the use of opioid analgesics. The papers discuss the prevalence of pain, assessment tools, and the impact of pain management on quality of life. |
| Domain | Health Sciences |
| Field | Medicine |
| OpenAlex ID | t11199 |
| Works | 298 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 298.

- [CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain—United States, 2016](https://scholariq.org/papers/cdc-guideline-for-prescribing-opioids-for-chronic-pain-united-states-2016/)
- [Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU](https://scholariq.org/papers/clinical-practice-guidelines-for-the-prevention-and-management-of-pain-agitation/)
- [Interpreting the Clinical Importance of Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations](https://scholariq.org/papers/interpreting-the-clinical-importance-of-treatment-outcomes-in-chronic-pain/)
- [Grading the severity of chronic pain](https://scholariq.org/papers/grading-the-severity-of-chronic-pain/)
- [Sex, Gender, and Pain: A Review of Recent Clinical and Experimental Findings](https://scholariq.org/papers/sex-gender-and-pain-a-review-of-recent-clinical-and-experimental-findings/)
- [Studies Comparing Numerical Rating Scales, Verbal Rating Scales, and Visual Analogue Scales for Assessment of Pain Intensity in Adults: A Systematic Literature Review](https://scholariq.org/papers/studies-comparing-numerical-rating-scales-verbal-rating-scales-and-visual/)
- [Cannabinoids for Medical Use](https://scholariq.org/papers/cannabinoids-for-medical-use/)
- [Effects of a Palliative Care Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer](https://scholariq.org/papers/effects-of-a-palliative-care-intervention-on-clinical-outcomes-in-patients-with/)
- [The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-effectiveness-and-risks-of-long-term-opioid-therapy-for-chronic-pain-a/)
- [American Society of Clinical Oncology Provisional Clinical Opinion: The Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care](https://scholariq.org/papers/american-society-of-clinical-oncology-provisional-clinical-opinion-the/)
- [The Unequal Burden of Pain: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pain](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-unequal-burden-of-pain-confronting-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-pain/)
- [Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC](https://scholariq.org/papers/use-of-opioid-analgesics-in-the-treatment-of-cancer-pain-evidence-based/)
- [Association Between Palliative Care and Patient and Caregiver Outcomes](https://scholariq.org/papers/association-between-palliative-care-and-patient-and-caregiver-outcomes/)
- [Measuring acute postoperative pain using the visual analog scale: the minimal clinically important difference and patient acceptable symptom state](https://scholariq.org/papers/measuring-acute-postoperative-pain-using-the-visual-analog-scale-the-minimal/)
- [Characteristics of Initial Prescription Episodes and Likelihood of Long-Term Opioid Use — United States, 2006–2015](https://scholariq.org/papers/characteristics-of-initial-prescription-episodes-and-likelihood-of-long-term/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 76.

- [Studies Comparing Numerical Rating Scales, Verbal Rating Scales, and Visual Analogue Scales for Assessment of Pain Intensity in Adults: A Systematic Literature Review](https://scholariq.org/papers/studies-comparing-numerical-rating-scales-verbal-rating-scales-and-visual/)
- [The Unequal Burden of Pain: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pain](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-unequal-burden-of-pain-confronting-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-pain/)
- [Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC](https://scholariq.org/papers/use-of-opioid-analgesics-in-the-treatment-of-cancer-pain-evidence-based/)
- [Measuring acute postoperative pain using the visual analog scale: the minimal clinically important difference and patient acceptable symptom state](https://scholariq.org/papers/measuring-acute-postoperative-pain-using-the-visual-analog-scale-the-minimal/)
- [A validation study of the WHO method for cancer pain relief](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-validation-study-of-the-who-method-for-cancer-pain-relief/)
- [Intrathecal Ziconotide in the Treatment of Refractory Pain in Patients With Cancer or AIDS](https://scholariq.org/papers/intrathecal-ziconotide-in-the-treatment-of-refractory-pain-in-patients-with/)
- [An international survey of cancer pain characteristics and syndromes](https://scholariq.org/papers/an-international-survey-of-cancer-pain-characteristics-and-syndromes/)
- [Adult Cancer Pain, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology](https://scholariq.org/papers/adult-cancer-pain-version-3-2019-nccn-clinical-practice-guidelines-in-oncology/)
- [An Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus Statement on Assessment of Pain in Older Persons](https://scholariq.org/papers/an-interdisciplinary-expert-consensus-statement-on-assessment-of-pain-in-older/)
- [Effect of Neurolytic Celiac Plexus Block on Pain Relief, Quality of Life, and Survival in Patients With Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer](https://scholariq.org/papers/effect-of-neurolytic-celiac-plexus-block-on-pain-relief-quality-of-life-and/)
- [Association Between Persistent Pain and Memory Decline and Dementia in a Longitudinal Cohort of Elders](https://scholariq.org/papers/association-between-persistent-pain-and-memory-decline-and-dementia-in-a/)
- [Pain Measurement Tools and Methods in Clinical Research in Palliative Care](https://scholariq.org/papers/pain-measurement-tools-and-methods-in-clinical-research-in-palliative-care/)
- [Prevalence and aetiology of neuropathic pain in cancer patients: A systematic review](https://scholariq.org/papers/prevalence-and-aetiology-of-neuropathic-pain-in-cancer-patients-a-systematic/)
- [Trends in use of opioids for non-cancer pain conditions 2000–2005 in Commercial and Medicaid insurance plans: The TROUP study](https://scholariq.org/papers/trends-in-use-of-opioids-for-non-cancer-pain-conditions-2000-2005-in-commercial/)
- [More Codeine Fatalities After Tonsillectomy in North American Children](https://scholariq.org/papers/more-codeine-fatalities-after-tonsillectomy-in-north-american-children/)

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