• Internal medicine journal · Oct 2020

    Review

    Deprescribing long-term opioid therapy in patients with chronic pain.

    • Paul Glare, Claire Ashton-James, Esther Han, and Michael Nicholas.
    • Pain Management Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    • Intern Med J. 2020 Oct 1; 50 (10): 1185-1191.

    AbstractProposed regulatory changes will limit the access to opioids by Australian patients with chronic pain, many of whom are under the care of consultant physicians. This review summarises points of consensus on opioid deprescribing that emerged from the interaction of an expert panel and the audience at a symposium on the topic held in Sydney in 2019. Each of these consensus points speaks to the need for an individualised, patient-centred approach. In other words, 'treat the patient, not the pill count'.© 2020 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

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