The year in pain: Healio’s top 2023 stories on opioids, chronic pain myths and management

The state of pain management in rheumatology has always been in flux.
However, after the explosion of the opioid era in the 1990s, and the subsequent implosion and backlash against opioids in the past decade, never before have there been so many competing ideas — and myths — regarding pain relief.
Rheumatologists, meanwhile, continue to rely on physical activity and analgesics — including opioids — to help their patients feel better.
Here is a collection of 2023 Healio features, covers, meeting news and other stories dealing with pain and how rheumatologists manage it in