According to a study by the Veterans Administration, the long-term use of opioids has no major difference for patients dealing with chronic pain.
退伍軍人管理局研究發現,長期服用阿片類藥物對病人治療慢性疼痛并無重要療效。
Researchers based their findings after examining the electronic health records of 600 patients with chronic pain and opioid prescriptions.
在檢查過600名服用阿片類藥物的慢性疼痛患者的電子健康記錄后,研究人員以此檢查發現為基礎。
The researchers found that pain intensity fluctuated over time for patients on opioids.
研究人員發現服用阿類藥物病人的疼痛強度隨時間浮動。

However, they also found that discontinuing opioid treatment had no affect on the pain experienced by patients.
然而,他們還發現終止阿片類藥物治療對病人的疼痛并無影響。
The researchers added that their study provides empirical evidence that pain intensity remains unchanged after long-term opioid therapy.
研究人員還表示他們的研究提供了實驗性證據證明在經過長期阿類藥物治療后,疼痛強度仍未有所改變。
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