Undertreatment of pain and low use of opioids in Latin America

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...

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Published in:Pain management (London) Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 181 - 196
Main Authors: García, César Amescua, Santos Garcia, Joao Batista, Rosario Berenguel Cook, María del, Colimon, Frantz, Flores Cantisani, José Alberto, Guerrero, Carlos, Rocío Guillén Núnez, María del, Hernández Castro, John Jairo, Kraychete, Durval Campos, Lara-Solares, Argelia, Lech, Osvandré, Rico Pazos, María Antonieta, Gallegos, Manuel Sempértegui, Marcondes, Lizandra Pattaro
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Future Medicine Ltd 01-05-2018
Subjects:
Adults
Analgesics
barriers
Clinical trials
Developing countries
Epidemiology
Health care access
Health care policy
Latin American
LDCs
Narcotics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
opio-ignorance
opioids
opiophobia
pain
Pain management
Physicians
undertreatment
Latin America
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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.
ISSN:1758-1869
1758-1877
DOI:10.2217/pmt-2017-0043