IMPORTANCE Primary care clinicians find managing chronic pain challenging. Evidence of long-term efficacy of opioids for chronic pain is limited. Opioid use is associated with serious risks, including opioid use disorder and overdose. OBJECTIVE To provide recommendations about opioid prescribing for primary care clinicians treating adult patients with chronic pain outside of active cancer tre...

In the midst of current coronavirus pandemic, United States continues to struggle with an ongoing opioid epidemic, initially fueled by widespread prescribing medications during 1990s. The primary reason for opioids is treat pain. Women have more acute and chronic pain been prescribed these drugs in significantly greater numbers than men. Comparison women men also shows that receive majority pre...