Health benefits of an adverse events reporting system for chronic pain patients using long-term opioids

Safety data from long-term opioid therapy in the real world has been poorly studied in chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP). The aim was to design a pharmacovigilance data recording system and assess whether participation in this recording system improves pain management, enhancing patient's health status.A pharmacovigilance data recording system was conducted during 24 months. Data were self-reported by patients (pain, adverse events [AEs] and...