@Article{Hilgier2006,
journal="Przewodnik Lekarza/Guide for GPs",
issn="1505-8409",
year="2006",
title="The use of opioids in chronic nonmalignant pain",
abstract="The majority of patients with cancer pain need therapy including strong opioids, and patients with non-cancer pain may also benefit from strong opioid medication. The use of opioid analgesics for long term management of chronic non-cancer pain is now an accepted, although still a controversial medical practice. The controversy surrounding the long-term use of opioid drugs in patients with nonmalignant pain has intensified in recent years. This debate is driven by a new willingness to consider the potential benefits of an approach that has been traditionally rejected as invariably ineffective and unsafe. In fact long-term medication with strong opioids is much safer than with NSAIDs. Implementation strong opioids to chronic non-malignant pain treatment need clear-cut guidelines. Such exists in USA and in many countries in Europe. The Polish guidelines are presented and discussed in the article.",
author="Hilgier, Maciej",
pages="50--56",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/The-use-of-opioids-in-chronic-nonmalignant-pain,8,6095,1,1.html"
}