PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sinatra, Raymond
TI  - Opioid Analgesics in Primary Care: Challenges and New Advances in the Management of Noncancer Pain
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.19.2.165
DP  - 2006 Mar 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
PG  - 165--177
VI  - 19
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/19/2/165.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/19/2/165.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2006 Mar 01; 19
AB  - Primary care attitudes affecting the use of strong opioids in pain management have changed considerably in the last 3 decades. Forces that have shaped current attitudes and trends in opioid prescribing include historical influences, regulatory factors, and technologic and scientific advances. The article identifies for primary care physicians the current challenges and issues surrounding the use of opioid analgesics for noncancer pain and examines how new technology and expanding knowledge have been applied to existing opioids such as morphine, oxymorphone, and fentanyl to address continuing challenges in pain management.