Opioid Therapy

Opioid Therapy is a pharmacological treatment modality within pain management that involves the administration of opioid analgesics to alleviate moderate to severe cancer-related and chronic pain, distinguished by its reliance on centrally acting mu-opioid receptor agonists to modulate nociceptive signaling.

15.5K

Publications

852.5K

Citations

50.7K

Authors

7.8K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Opioid Analgesic Therapy

Parents

Cancer Pain ManagementPain Management NursingPain MedicinePalliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Children

Cancer Pain ControlImmediate-release OpioidsLong-acting OpioidsNonmedical Use Of OpioidsOpioid AgreementsOpioid ConversionOpioid De-escalationOpioid Equianalgesic DosingOpioid-induced Sedation

Publications

15.5K

Interpreting the Clinical Importance of Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations

Robert H. Dworkin, Dennis C. Turk, Kathleen W. Wyrwich et al. · Journal of Pain · 2007 · 3.4K citations

Medicine, Pharmacotherapy, Outcomes Research +12

CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016

Deborah Dowell, Tamara M. Haegerich, Roger Chou · MMWR Recommendations and Reports · 2016 · 2.7K citations · Full text

Nursing, Pharmacotherapy, Pain Management +16

Opioid Complications and Side Effects

Ramsin Benyamin · Pain Physician · 2008 · 2.2K citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy +14

Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain

Roger Chou, Gilbert J. Fanciullo, Perry G. Fine et al. · Journal of Pain · 2009 · 2.2K citations · Full text

Nursing, Pharmacotherapy, Clinical Pharmacology +16

New Persistent Opioid Use After Minor and Major Surgical Procedures in US Adults

Chad M. Brummett, Jennifer F. Waljee, Jenna Goesling et al. · JAMA Surgery · 2017 · 2K citations · Full text

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +15

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Authors

50.7K

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Éduardo Bruera
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
113 publications · 7K citations
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Russell K. Portenoy
Mount Sinai Beth Israel, United States
64 publications · 11.5K citations
44
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Sebastiano Mercadante
La Maddalena, Italy
110 publications · 6.4K citations
44
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Chad M. Brummett
University of Michigan, United States
79 publications · 8.8K citations
43
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Robert N. Jamison
Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States
54 publications · 6.3K citations
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Institutions

7.8K

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Pain
480 publications · 50.2K citations
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Anesthesia & Analgesia
528 publications · 34.5K citations
98
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Anesthesiology
286 publications · 28.5K citations
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PubMed
Repository · 988 publications · 36.9K citations
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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
309 publications · 21.5K citations
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