Opioids not effective for acute #backpain and #neckpain. Congratulations Caitlin Jones Christine Lin Chris Maher and the OPAL team for this important trial 👏🏻🥳

Opioids don't relieve acute low back or neck pain – and can result in worse pain, new study finds theconversation.com/opioids-dont-r… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Two things come to mind for me: 1) Wow, that is some result. 2) Caitlin Jones punching out a ground-breaking RCT published in Lancet DURING HER PHD!

In a clever trial, Caitlin Jones and Christine Lin show slow-release opioids are no better than a placebo for acute back pain - and may be worse over the long-term. Check out this graph

#Opioids found to NOT be effective for people with acute back and/or neck pain in the #OPALTrial published today The Lancet Findings covered in ABC News article this morning: abc.net.au/news/2023-06-2…

Prof Christine Lin quoted in CNN on the #OPALtrial published today in The Lancet cnn.com/2023/06/28/hea…

Results of a world-first trial comparing a short course of opioids to placebo for acute back & neck pain calls for change to treatment guidelines. 🔗sydneyuni.co/46u1ZDi #LeadershipForGood

Opioids do not reducer #pain or improve other outcomes such as physical function, quality of life or recovery time. Read from The Lancet doi.org/10.1016/S0140-……

Fulltext of #OPALtrial from The Lancet doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…… for those who want more...

Opioids not effective for acute #BackPain and #NeckPain. Fulltext from The Lancet doi.org/10.1016/S0140-……

Read the full paper from The Lancet doi.org/10.1016/S0140-……

#OPALtrial found opioids not effective in acute #BackPain and #NeckPain Read it in full here: doi.org/10.1016/S0140-……… Time to reconsider #opioid prescribing and #guideline recommendations for #BackPain and #NeckPain

#Opioids should not be recommended for acute non-specific low back or neck #pain ➡️No significant difference in pain severity compared with placebo ➡️Might cause worse outcomes even after short-term use ➡️Risk of #opioid misuse long-term 👉🏽thelancet.com/journals/lance… via The Lancet

Thanks Bethan Richards, Dr Chris Needs and the crew at Sydney Local Health District, for helping the #OPALtrial recruit patients and implementing the evidence into practice. Summary - #opioids not effective in acute low back pain and neck pain. Fulltext in The Lancet doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…

#OPALtrial shows #opioids not effective for acute low back pain and neck pain Published in The Lancet doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…

#OPALtrial was funded by NHMRC Sydney Health and SafeWork SA. Thank you 👍 doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…

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Opioids not beneficial relief from back pain abc.net.au/radionational/…

Medical news in JAMA for doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…

Thank you Norman Swan for the interview on our opioids for acute spinal pain study doi.org/10.1016/S0140-……… No difference in recovery from pain between opioid and placebo groups and from Days 1-7 (red = opioid group, blue = placebo).