Use of chronic opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain has increased substantially. The
American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine commissioned a
systematic review of the evidence on chronic opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain and
convened a multidisciplinary expert panel to review the evidence and formulate
recommendations. Although evidence is limited, the expert panel concluded that chronic
opioid therapy can be an effective therapy for carefully selected and monitored patients with …