Researchers call for urgent overhaul of pain care amid opioid crisis
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Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have released a position paper warning that opioid use disorder in the U.K. is a significant and likely underrecognized problem. Without urgent intervention, the paper cautions that opioid addiction and related deaths will continue to increase.
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Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have issued a position paper highlighting the scope of opioid use disorder in the United Kingdom, characterizing it as both extensive and probably underestimated in official assessments. The paper emphasizes that without prompt and decisive action to reform pain care practices, the trajectory of opioid addiction cases and opioid-related mortality will continue its upward trend. This call for urgent intervention reflects growing concerns about the adequacy of current pain management strategies and their role in fueling the broader opioid crisis.
