Abstract
Both short-acting (SA) opioids and long-acting (LA) opioids have been used for chronic pain (defined as pain lasting >3 months). SA opioids have a duration of action ranging between 2 and 4 hours, result in rapidly fluctuating drug levels and are suitable for acute, unstable, intermittent, breakthrough, and procedure-related pain.
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