Christine Lin
@DrChristineLin
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Professor | University of Sydney | Sydney Musculoskeletal Health | Institute for Musculoskeletal Health | Musculoskeletal and pain researcher
Sydney, Australia
Joined January 2015
Thank you @normanswan for the interview on our opioids for acute spinal pain study https://t.co/xtPSz3weEM…… No difference in recovery from pain between opioid and placebo groups and from Days 1-7 (red = opioid group, blue = placebo).
Click on this link to listen to the wonderful Prof @DrChristineLin on The Health Report with Norman Swan!
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Medical news in @JAMA_current for https://t.co/xtPSz3weEM
Opioids No Better Than Placebo at Relieving Back Pain
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Opioids not beneficial relief from back pain
abc.net.au
Many Australians are prescribed opioids as relief from back pain, despite risks of side effects and addition. But a world-first trial led by the University of Sydney has found that opioids don't...
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Opioids do not reduce acute lower back and neck pain: RCT:
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Results of a world-first trial comparing a short course of opioids to placebo for acute back & neck pain calls for change to treatment guidelines. 🔗 https://t.co/8j8fUXdTI7
#LeadershipForGood
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📢Out today in @Lancet: major @msk_health led trial finds #opioids NOT effective for people with acute back and/or neck pain. This is the largest placebo controlled trial of its kind. https://t.co/F78sOPf4OW
#OPALtrial #backpain #neckpain
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#OPALtrial shows #opioids not effective for acute low back pain and neck pain Published in @TheLancet
https://t.co/xtPSz3weEM
A world-first study by Sydney researchers is casting doubt over the effectiveness of some opioid medications as a treatment for people with chronic back and neck pain. @LizzyBryan1 #9News
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Opioids don't relieve acute low back or neck pain – and can result in worse pain, new study finds https://t.co/jcBKSDLAZw via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
Opioids are the one of the most prescribed pain-relief for people with low back and neck pain. But new research shows they don’t effectively relieve low back or neck pain and can result in worse pain.
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Prof @DrChristineLin quoted in @CNN on the #OPALtrial published today in @TheLancet
https://t.co/yWdXZe2LwH
cnn.com
Opioid medications might not work for back and neck pain, a small new study has found.
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#Opioids should not be recommended for acute non-specific low back or neck #pain ➡️No significant difference in pain severity compared with placebo ➡️Might cause worse outcomes even after short-term use ➡️Risk of #opioid misuse long-term 👉🏽 https://t.co/Lg18EebKKB via @TheLancet
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Thanks @BethanRichards3, Dr Chris Needs and the crew at @SydneyLHD, for helping the #OPALtrial recruit patients and implementing the evidence into practice. Summary - #opioids not effective in acute low back pain and neck pain. Fulltext in @TheLancet
So proud of @Caitlin_Jones_ @DrChristineLin and the OPAL team…high quality trial, high quality people, really meaningful research. Well done all 👏👏👏 @msk_health @SydneyLHD
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#OPALtrial found opioids not effective in acute #BackPain and #NeckPain Read it in full here: https://t.co/xtPSz3weEM…… Time to reconsider #opioid prescribing and #guideline recommendations for #BackPain and #NeckPain
Results of a world-first trial comparing a short course of opioids to placebo for acute back & neck pain calls for change to treatment guidelines. 🔗 https://t.co/8j8fUXdTI7
#LeadershipForGood
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#Opioids found to NOT be effective for people with acute back and/or neck pain in the #OPALTrial published today @TheLancet Findings covered in @abcnews article this morning:
abc.net.au
Australian researchers call for an end to the use of opioids to treat acute back and neck pain after finding they are no more effective than a placebo.
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Read the full paper from @TheLancet
https://t.co/xtPSz3weEM…
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Two things come to mind for me: 1) Wow, that is some result. 2) @Caitlin_Jones_ punching out a ground-breaking RCT published in Lancet DURING HER PHD!
📢Out today in @Lancet: major @msk_health led trial finds #opioids NOT effective for people with acute back and/or neck pain. This is the largest placebo controlled trial of its kind. https://t.co/F78sOPf4OW
#OPALtrial #backpain #neckpain
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Opioids not effective for acute #BackPain and #NeckPain. Fulltext from @TheLancet
https://t.co/xtPSz3weEM…
Prof @DrChristineLin quoted in @CNN on the #OPALtrial published today in @TheLancet
https://t.co/yWdXZe2LwH
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Opioids not effective for acute #backpain and #neckpain. Congratulations @Caitlin_Jones_ @DrChristineLin @CGMMaher and the OPAL team for this important trial 👏🏻🥳
📢Out today in @Lancet: major @msk_health led trial finds #opioids NOT effective for people with acute back and/or neck pain. This is the largest placebo controlled trial of its kind. https://t.co/F78sOPf4OW
#OPALtrial #backpain #neckpain
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Great article about the #OPALtrial from @liammannix 👀 https://t.co/EA1RqRYa67
@Caitlin_Jones_ @DrChristineLin @CGMMaher @AndMacUSyd @JaneJlatimer @osbornidayius @bartkoes @LaurentJBillot @TheLancet
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Opioids do not reducer #pain or improve other outcomes such as physical function, quality of life or recovery time. Read from @TheLancet
https://t.co/xtPSz3weEM…
In a clever trial, @Caitlin_Jones_ and @DrChristineLin show slow-release opioids are no better than a placebo for acute back pain - and may be worse over the long-term. Check out this graph
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In a clever trial, @Caitlin_Jones_ and @DrChristineLin show slow-release opioids are no better than a placebo for acute back pain - and may be worse over the long-term. Check out this graph
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