title: The Medical Examining Board speaks on pain management: everyone should listen.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To alert physicians to the Statement of the Connecticut Medical Examining Board on the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain and provide a historical account of events leading to the promulgation of the Statement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Studies conducted over the past five years have identified issues on pain control requiring attention. Established medical organizations and regulatory boards in Connecticut are attempting to address patient needs for treatment of pain while clarifying expectations of physicians, thereby reducing the likelihood of inappropriate pain treatment and licensing sanctions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All physicians should read and become familiar with the Statement of the Connecticut Medical Examining Board on the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain.
authors.affiliation: Backus Pain Management Center, Norwich.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hargus
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trotta
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gilson
authors.forename: David Ross
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Maureen Sullivan
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Dinnan
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000592:standards* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003237:Connecticut; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid