The Role of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain: NIH Pathways to Prevention (P2P) Workshop: Workshop Resources

Workshop Resources

The Role of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain, Pathways to Prevention. September 29-30, 2014

Final Report

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An unbiased, independent panel developed a final report of the 2014 NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: The Role of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain, which summarizes the workshop and identifies future research priorities.

Annals of Internal Medicine

The Annals of Internal Medicine published an abridged version of the final report for the Pathways to Prevention Workshop: The Role of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain. The abridged version provides a condensed overview of the information and recommendations outlined in the final report.

Archived Videocast

Program Book

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The program book provides attendees with a workshop overview and agenda, presentation summaries, speaker biographies, and financial disclosures from planners and presenters. The program book also lists working group and panel members, Office of Disease Prevention staff, and educational planners.

Subsequent to the meeting, it came to our attention that the Program Book should have included a financial disclosure for Myra Christopher (Purdue Pharma).

Evidence Report

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This evidence report is based on research conducted by the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The report seeks to address the identified workshop questions:

What is the long-term effectiveness of opioids for treatment for chronic pain?
What are the safety and harms of opioids in patients with chronic pain?
What are the effects of different opioid management strategies?
What is the effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies for opioid treatment?

The information in this report is intended to help health care decision-makers—patients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality of health care services.