%0 Journal Article
%T How Should the Use of Opioids Be Regulated to Motivate Better Clinical Practice?
%A Edens EL
%A Garcia Vassallo G
%A Heimer R
%J AMA J Ethics
%V 26
%N 7
%D 2024 Jul 1
%M 38958424
暂无%R 10.1001/amajethics.2024.551
%X This article describes historical and political reasons for-and devastating consequences of-US opioid prescribing policy since the 1990s, which has restricted opioid prescribing for pain less than for treating opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. This article considers merits and drawbacks of a new diagnostic category and proposes a regulatory and clinical framework for prescribing long-term opioid therapy for pain and for prescribing opioids to treat OUD.