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Library›Open textbooks›Interventions to safely and effectively reduce (taper) use of opioids in chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review

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Interventions to safely and effectively reduce (taper) use of opioids in chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review

Ruaraidh Hill, Michelle Maden, Rui Duarte, Sam Eldabe, Su Golder, Marty Chaplin, Beth Shaw, Katy Sutcliffe, Adam Todd, Rebecca Bresnahan, Katherine Edwards, Janette Greenhalgh, Juliet Hounsome, Jack Trafford, Nefyn Williams · 12 sections in 12 chapters. Each section is its own page.

Background

  • Background

Aim and objectives

  • Aim and objectives

Systematic review methods

  • Systematic review methods

Search results for all reviews

  • Search results for all reviews

Effectiveness of interventions to reduce opioid use

  • Effectiveness of interventions to reduce opioid use

Safety of interventions to reduce opioid use

  • Safety of interventions to reduce opioid use

Barriers and facilitators of effective intervention

  • Barriers and facilitators of effective intervention

Inequalities in access to or benefiting from intervention

  • Inequalities in access to or benefiting from intervention

Discussion

  • Discussion

Conclusions

  • Conclusions

References

  • References

Additional information

  • Additional information

Attribution. Ruaraidh Hill; Michelle Maden; Rui Duarte; Sam Eldabe; Su Golder; Marty Chaplin et al. (2026). Interventions to safely and effectively reduce (taper) use of opioids in chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review. National Institute for Health and Care Research. Copyright © 2026 Hill et al. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK621520. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.

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National Institute for Health and Care Research
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CC BY 4.0
Sections
12
Year
2026
Words
41,636
Retrieved
2026-11-04

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