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Undertreatment of pain and low use of opioids in Latin America
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Autores
García C.A.
Santos Garcia J.B.
Rosario Berenguel Cook M.D.
Colimon F.
Flores Cantisani J.A.
Guerrero C.
Rocío Guillén Núnez M.D.
Hernández Castro J.J.
Kraychete D.C.
Lara-Solares A.
Resumen
Abstract
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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Narcotic analgesic agent , opioid , Chronic pain , Female , Health care delivery , Human , Male , Pain measurement , South and central america , Analgesics , Chronic pain , Female , Health services accessibility , Humans , Latin america , Male , Pain management , Pain measurement , Analgesics , Barriers , Latin american , Opio-ignorance , Opioids , Opiophobia , Pain , Undertreatment
