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Opioid-related policy changes: Experiences and perspectives from people who use opioids to manage non-cancer chronic pain.
Authors
Haines S, Savic M, Nielsen S, Carter AAbstract
People who use prescription opioids to manage non-cancer chronic pain are particularly vulnerable to opioid-related policy change. This study aims to better understand what prescription opioids provide this population, what concerns they have in the context of new and changing opioid policies, such as the recently implemented prescription drug monitoring program in Victoria, Australia, their experiences of prescription opioid use, chronic pain and what they would like their healthcare to look like.