Managing twin crises in chronic pain and prescription opioids
National pain strategies are part of the solution Solutions are urgently needed to the conflicting crises in chronic pain and prescription opioid use in the United States and internationally.123 Roughly 50-100 million Americans are living with ongoing pain at an estimated cost of $635bn (£480bn; €560bn) annually.1 Roughly 20 million live with serious chronic pain that substantially restricts…