@BOOK{NAP23694, author = "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Erin Hammers Forstag", title = "Pain Management and Prescription Opioid-Related Harms: Exploring the State of the Evidence: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief", doi = "10.17226/23694", abstract = "On September 22, 2016, the Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription Opioid Abuse held a workshop titled \u201cPain Management and Prescription Opioid-Related Harms: Exploring the State of the Evidence.\u201d The purpose of this workshop was to gather information about the state of the science and potential best practices in pain management, including the evolving role of opioids in pain management; to understand the epidemiology of the prescription opioid epidemic and discuss possible strategies to address it; and to identify potential areas for future research in the field. Expert speakers were invited to give brief presentations, which were followed by open discussions among the speakers and workshop participants, including committee members. This Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief highlights\nthe dialogue that emerged from the individual speakers' presentations and the discussions that followed.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23694/pain-management-and-prescription-opioid-related-harms-exploring-the-state", year = 2016, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }