title: Treating pain in sickle cell disease with opioids: clinical advances, ethical pitfalls.
abstract: This article explores the ethical principles of prescribing in Sickle Cell Disease. The first two sections of the article provide detailed scientific justification for the last section of the manuscript, which explores and discusses the ethical principles.
authors.affiliation: Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Principal Investigator for the VCU Basic and Translational Research Program in Sickle Cell Disease at the VCU Sickle Cell Disease Outcomes Research Center, SCD Clinical Research Network.
authors.forename: Wally R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid