American Academy of Neurology Advises against Long-Term Opioid Use

The American Academy of Neurology has officially warned prescribers that the risks of using chronic opioid therapy to treat non-cancer pain usually outweigh the benefits. A statement posted Tuesday on the website of the academy's journal, Neurology, makes the organization the first national medical society to adopt a formal policy statement on opioids, according to MedPage Today. The paper reviews medical literature, the history of opioid prescribing in the U.S. and best practices for physicians. The best practices are to: Track the pa...