CHICAGO—Opioids are used frequently by patients with chronic pancreatitis, with 44% of this group taking these agents and approximately one-third taking a strong narcotic, according to results from the ongoing longitudinal PROCEED trial.
The multicenter PROspective Evaluation of Chronic Pancreatitis for EpidEmiologic and Translational StuDies trial “gives us a clear understanding of what the opioid use patterns look like in a cross-sectional analysis of this patient