Opioids for the Management of Severe Chronic Nonmalignant Pain in Children: A Retrospective 1-Year Practice Survey in a Children's Hospital

Abstract

The evolution of our four patients seems to be in favor of treatment with an opioid for severe chronic nonmalignant pain in certain pediatric patients, in the context of prescribing in a multidisciplinary pain clinic with a multisystem approach to pain management although more data are needed to know if such therapy is safe and beneficial on a longer-term basis.