Latin-American guidelines for opioid use in chronic nononcologic pain

  • Argelia Lara-Solares
  • , Carlos Aguayo Zamora
  • , César Amescua García
  • , João Batista Santos Garcia
  • , María Del Rosario Berenguel Cook
  • , Patricia Bonilla Sierra
  • , Durval Campos Kraychete
  • , José Alberto Flores Cantisani
  • , Carlos Guerrero
  • , María Del Rocío Guillén Núñez
  • , John Jairo Hernández Castro
  • , Andrés Hernández Ortíz
  • , Aziza Jreige Iskandar
  • , Osvandré Lech
  • , Jacqueline Macías Guerra
  • , Gerardo Ramírez Samayoa
  • , Edwin Rangel Morillo
  • , María Antonieta Rico Pazos
  • , Manuel Sempértegui Gallegos

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Abstract

AIM: Latin-American experts in the use of opioids in patients with chronic nononcologic pain (CNOP) have updated existing recommendations to current Latin-American reality.

METHODS: Several key opinion leaders from Latin America participated in a face-to-face meeting in Guatemala (April 2015) to discuss the use of opioids in CNOP. Subgroups of experts worked on specific topics, reviewed the literature and shaped the final manuscript.

RESULTS: The expert panel developed guidelines taking into consideration the utility of both opioid and nonopioid analgesics and factors pertaining to their efficacy, safety, adherence, administration and risks for abuse/addiction.

CONCLUSION: Latin-American guidelines for the use of opioids in CNOP should improve pain relief and patients' quality of life by increasing access to these effective agents.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)207-215
Number of pages9
JournalPain Management
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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