Shannon C N, Baranowski A P
Department of Anaesthetics, Guy's Hospital, London.
Br J Hosp Med. 1997;58(9):459-63.
The use of opioids for chronic pain of non-malignant origin remains controversial. However, problems anticipated from experience with animal experiments and pain-free abusers seldom cause difficulties when opioids are used appropriately to treat pain. With sensible guidelines, and in the context of a multidisciplinary pain clinic, opioids may provide the only hope of relief to many sufferers of chronic pain.
将阿片类药物用于非恶性来源的慢性疼痛仍存在争议。然而，从动物实验和无疼痛滥用者的经验中预期的问题，在阿片类药物被适当地用于治疗疼痛时很少会造成困难。有了合理的指导方针，并在多学科疼痛诊所的背景下，阿片类药物可能为许多慢性疼痛患者提供唯一的缓解希望。
