chronic opioid use in women

Opioid therapy for chronic pain only effective in 20 percent of women

Women are more likely to experience chronic pain, so a popular treatment is opioid therapy. New research suggests that this long-term use of opioid therapy for chronic pain is only effective in roughly 20 percent of women. Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of long-term opioid therapy in women. They uncovered that young and middle-aged women at ...click here to read more