...This will not only relieve physicians from the fear of giving controlled substances to the wrong patients for the wrong reasons, but also it will improve patient access with the patient obtaining the proper medication...

Links And Resources

A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials of
Long-Term Opioid Management for Chronic
Non-Cancer Pain

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Hary Ailinani, MD, Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD, Sukdeb Datta, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Ike Eriator, MD, Nalini Sehgal, MD, Rinoo Shah, MD, Ramsin Benyamin, MD, Ricardo Vallejo, MD, Bert Fellows, MA, and Paul J. Christo, MD

A Systematic Review of Observational Studies
on the Effectiveness of Opioid Therapy for
Cancer Pain

James Colson, MD, Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, and Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

Prevalence of Opioid Abuse in Interventional Pain Medicine Practice Settings:
A Randomized Clinical Evaluation

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Kim S. Damron, RN, Bert Fellows, MA, Renee C. Barnhill, RN, and Carla Beyer, RN

Prevalence of Illicit Drug use in Patients without Controlled Substance Abuse in Interventional Pain Management

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Kim S. Damron, RN, Carla D. Beyer, RN, BSN, and Renee C. Barnhill, RN, BSN

Prevalence of Prescription Drug Abuse and Dependency In Patients with Chronic Pain in Western Kentucky

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Kim S. Damron, RN, Carla D. Beyer, RN, BSN, Renee C. Barnhill, RN, BSN, and Bert Fellows, MA