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Two-Phase Inpatient Withdrawal Programme for Long-Term Opioid Use in Non-Cancer Pain.
Authors
Streitberger K, Harnik MA, Saliba A, Bischoff N, Blättler LT, Schwegler K, Baumgartner C, Sutter N, Wertli MMAbstract
High-dose long-term opioid treatment for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) has become an increasing burden in industrialised countries. Opioid tapering and withdrawal in patients with CNCP remain challenging. This study evaluated a two-phase inpatient opioid withdrawal (OW) programme aimed at safely discontinuing opioid use in CNCP patients.