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Should opiates be prescribed for patients with chronic (non cancer or end of life) pain? Why...

Should opiates be prescribed for patients with chronic (non cancer or end of life) pain? Why or why not?
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Opiates are the natural substances used to reduce pain. Opiates are morphine, codeine.

These are used to reduce severe short (acute) pain not for chronic pain.

It doesn't reduce chronic pain, for acute pains opiates will work. For chronic pain opiates dose need to be increased. But change in the dose of opiates can cause fatal complications.

Prescription of opiates are stopped legally. So opiates are not to be prescribed.

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