{"id":458990,"date":"2026-01-20T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/?p=458990"},"modified":"2026-01-19T22:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:53:24","slug":"do-not-prescribe-opioids-lightly-for-musculoskeletal-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/do-not-prescribe-opioids-lightly-for-musculoskeletal-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not prescribe opioids lightly for musculoskeletal pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A UK research team used electronic primary care patient records from 2006-2021 based on the <em>Clinical Research Practice Datalink<\/em> (CPRD) to identify opioid prescriptions. The analyses revealed that almost three quarters of all new opioid prescriptions were for patients with musculoskeletal conditions. The results were published in the journal <g id=\"gid_1\">Pain<\/g> in 2025. Specific recommendations for the management of non-tumor-related chronic pain in the GP setting can be found in the current German-language DEGAM guideline, among others.   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fdo-not-prescribe-opioids-lightly-for-musculoskeletal-pain%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK research team used electronic primary care patient records from 2006-2021 based on the Clinical Research Practice Datalink (CPRD) to identify opioid prescriptions. The analyses revealed that almost three&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fdo-not-prescribe-opioids-lightly-for-musculoskeletal-pain%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":458993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Therapy of non-tumor-related pain  ","footnotes":""},"category":[11297,11442,11460,11548,11503],"tags":[87278,87282,19876,87280],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-458990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general-internal-medicine","category-pharmacology-and-toxicology","category-prevention-and-health-care","category-rx-en","category-studies","tag-clinical-research-practice-datalink","tag-degam-guideline","tag-non-tumor-related-pain","tag-opioid-prescriptions","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 00:49:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":458989,"slug":"ne-pas-prescrire-dopioides-a-la-legere-pour-les-douleurs-musculo-squelettiques","post_title":"Ne pas prescrire d'opio\u00efdes \u00e0 la l\u00e9g\u00e8re pour les douleurs musculo-squelettiques","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/ne-pas-prescrire-dopioides-a-la-legere-pour-les-douleurs-musculo-squelettiques\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":458996,"slug":"non-prescriva-gli-oppioidi-con-leggerezza-per-il-dolore-muscoloscheletrico","post_title":"Non prescriva gli oppioidi con leggerezza per il dolore muscoloscheletrico.","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/non-prescriva-gli-oppioidi-con-leggerezza-per-il-dolore-muscoloscheletrico\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":459001,"slug":"nao-prescreva-opiaceos-de-forma-ligeira-para-a-dor-musculo-esqueletica","post_title":"N\u00e3o prescreva opi\u00e1ceos de forma ligeira para a dor m\u00fasculo-esquel\u00e9tica","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/nao-prescreva-opiaceos-de-forma-ligeira-para-a-dor-musculo-esqueletica\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":458991,"slug":"no-prescriba-opiaceos-a-la-ligera-para-el-dolor-musculoesqueletico","post_title":"No prescriba opi\u00e1ceos a la ligera para el dolor musculoesquel\u00e9tico","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/no-prescriba-opiaceos-a-la-ligera-para-el-dolor-musculoesqueletico\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458997,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458990\/revisions\/458997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=458990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458990"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=458990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}