force tapering

Is Long-term Opioid Therapy Safer Than Tapering?

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Due to the recent opioid reforms and changes to guidelines in Australia [June 2020], many individuals living with chronic pain have been needlessly subjected to, often dangerous, forced tapering of their much-needed painkillers. Discontinuing opioid therapy for chronic pain is not always possible or safe! In fact, in America: “Discontinuing stable, long-term opioid therapy may … Read more

Prescription Opioid Tapering & The Harms Of Withdrawal.

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In the United Kingdom ‘The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has not taken into account the experience of thousands of patients in the advice it gives on tapering the dose when discontinuing certain medicines, according to a group of parliamentarians. In its response to the publication of NICE guidance on how to … Read more