Opioid prescribing is a surrogate for inadequate pain management resources.
Director of Stroke Rehabilitation Research at the Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital in Ottawa, Ont, and Professor in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. hfinestone@bruyere.org.
Hillel M
HM
Finestone
Head of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ont, and Eaton Scholar and Professor in the Department of Medicine, the Department of Paediatrics, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.
David N
DN
Juurlink
Pharmacist with the Rideau Family Health Team in Ottawa.
Barry
B
Power
Scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael's Hospital and with the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences and Assistant Professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto.
Tara
T
Gomes
Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and Scientific Editor of Canadian Family Physician.
Nicholas
N
Pimlott
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000941:ethics*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D063487:Prescription Drug Misuse / Q000639:trends*
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid