The pitfalls of labelling opioids as weak or strong. Response to Br J Anaesth 2022; 129:e150-e153

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¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds, UK.
² Division of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
³ Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK; MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK. Electronic address: Dileep.Lobo@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Jos Crush et al. Br J Anaesth. 2023 Jan.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.09.020. Epub 2022 Oct 28.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds, UK.
² Division of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
³ Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK; MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK. Electronic address: Dileep.Lobo@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Keywords: WHO pain ladder; chronic pain; non-cancer pain; opioid dependence; opioid use disorder; pain management; strong opioids; weak opioids.

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Misappropriation of the 1986 WHO analgesic ladder: the pitfalls of labelling opioids as weak or strong.
Crush J, Levy N, Knaggs RD, Lobo DN. Crush J, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2022 Aug;129(2):137-142. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.03.004. Epub 2022 Apr 6. Br J Anaesth. 2022. PMID: 35397880
The pitfalls of labelling opioids as weak or strong. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2022; 129: 137-42.
Quinlan J, Macintyre PE. Quinlan J, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2022 Dec;129(6):e150-e153. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.08.023. Epub 2022 Sep 28. Br J Anaesth. 2022. PMID: 36182559 No abstract available.