Fast Fact #363 has been relased: Opioids for Neuropathic Pain.
Thanks to our authors, Linda Huang, Dilafruz Khakimova, and Jennifer Pruskowski for this new addition to the Fast Fact Library.
Clinicians who care for dying patients with neuropathic pain may struggle in deciding whether it’s best to initiate or dose-escalate opioids vs a non-opioid adjuvant analgesic for the neuropathic pain. This Fast Fact provides a clinically relevant review of the evidence on opioids for neuropathic pain.