Expert: Non-opioids as Effective as Opioids in Reduction of Acute, Subacute, Chronic Pain

In 2019, a National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) showed that a significant number of patients were living with chronic pain, which is considered to be pain lasting longer than 3 months, or high impact pain, which is pain that is affecting a patient’s daily activities on most days of the week within the past 3 months, according to Emily E. Leppien, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, during a presentation at the APhA 2023 Annual Meeting & Exposition. Leppien explained further that chronic pain should be treated as its own disease state just like other conditions would be, such as diabetes, asthma, or...