Use Treatment Agreements to Improve Opioid Safety

April 2014

More prescribers will rely on treatment agreements or "pain contracts" for chronic pain patients taking controlled substances.

These agreements get the patient and prescriber on the same page about pain management...with a goal to reduce misuse and improve safety.

Agreements are recommended by pain guidelines...and required by some state medical boards...for patients taking long-term pain meds.

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