AN UNBIASED VIEW OF ARTHRITIS PAIN

In individuals by now receiving an opioid analgesic, prescribe a reduced Preliminary dose with the benzodiazepine or other CNS depressant than indicated during the absence of the opioid, and titrate based on clinical response. If an opioid analgesic is initiated inside of a patient by now having a benzodiazepine or other CNS depressant, prescribe a