Patient and Provider Agreement on Opioid Therapy for Chronic PainOctober 21st, 2020
FiledOctober 21st, 2020Pain relief is an important goal for your care. Opioid medications may be a helpful part of chronic pain treatment for some people; however, misuse of opioid medications may result in serious harm to patients prescribed them and, when the medications are diverted, to the public at large. As opioid use for pain management has increased in recent years, injury, addiction, and death due to misuse of opioids have also increased.