Undertreatment of pain and low use of opioids in Latin America
Pain is highly prevalent among the adult Latin American population. However, many patients with moderate to severe pain do not have access to effective pain management with opioids due to limited access to healthcare, overuse of nonopioid analgesics, regulatory barriers and lack of appropriate infor...
- Autores:
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2018
- Institución:
- Universidad del Rosario
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/22739
- Acceso en línea:
- https://doi.org/10.2217/pmt-2017-0043
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22739
- Palabra clave:
- Narcotic analgesic agent
Analgesia
Chronic pain
Female
Health care delivery
Human
Male
Pain measurement
South and central america
Chronic pain
Female
Health services accessibility
Humans
Latin america
Male
Pain management
Pain measurement
Analgesics
Barriers
Latin american
Opio-ignorance
Opioids
Opiophobia
Pain
Undertreatment
opioid
Analgesics
- Rights
- License
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| Summary: | Pain is highly prevalent among the adult Latin American population. However, many patients with moderate to severe pain do not have access to effective pain management with opioids due to limited access to healthcare, overuse of nonopioid analgesics, regulatory barriers and lack of appropriate information about opioids. There is scarce training on use of opioids among physicians and other healthcare providers, which leads to misconceptions, mainly related to a fear of prescribing opioids. Although opioids are safe and effective drugs for the treatment of moderate to severe chronic pain, the use of opioids in Latin American nations is clearly below standards compared with developed countries. |
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