RE: Response to the readers’ comments on our guidelines: Executive summary of the guidelines for prescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain (third edition) by the Japan Society of Pain Clinicians

Akifumi Kanai; Masako Iseki; Hiroki Iida; Shigeki Yamaguch; Ayano Oiwa; Hiroshi Yonekura; Narihito Iwashita; Hiroshi Ueno; Yoshiyuki Kimura; Toshifumi Takasusuki; Keisuke Yamaguchi; Shie Iida; Hiroko Ikemiya; Rina Oya; Yoko Sugiyama; Kumiko Tanabe; Ayano Taniguchi; Yoshiyasu Hattammaru; Maki Mizogami; Shinobu Yamaguchi; Keiko Yamada; Sei Fukui

doi:10.1007/s00540-025-03630-7

RE: Response to the readers’ comments on our guidelines: Executive summary of the guidelines for prescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain (third edition) by the Japan Society of Pain Clinicians

Akifumi Kanai
, Masako Iseki
, Hiroki Iida
, Shigeki Yamaguch
, Ayano Oiwa
, Hiroshi Yonekura
, Narihito Iwashita
, Hiroshi Ueno
, Yoshiyuki Kimura
, Toshifumi Takasusuki
, Keisuke Yamaguchi
, Shie Iida
, Hiroko Ikemiya
, Rina Oya
, Yoko Sugiyama
, Kumiko Tanabe
, Ayano Taniguchi
, Yoshiyasu Hattammaru
, Maki Mizogami
, Shinobu Yamaguchi

Keiko Yamada, Sei Fukui

Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine

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Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Anesthesia
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-025-03630-7
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2026

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Kanai, A., Iseki, M., Iida, H., Yamaguch, S., Oiwa, A., Yonekura, H., Iwashita, N., Ueno, H., Kimura, Y., Takasusuki, T., Yamaguchi, K., Iida, S., Ikemiya, H., Oya, R., Sugiyama, Y., Tanabe, K., Taniguchi, A., Hattammaru, Y., Mizogami, M., ... Fukui, S. (Accepted/In press). RE: Response to the readers’ comments on our guidelines: Executive summary of the guidelines for prescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain (third edition) by the Japan Society of Pain Clinicians. Journal of Anesthesia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-025-03630-7

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RE: Response to the readers’ comments on our guidelines: Executive summary of the guidelines for prescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain (third edition) by the Japan Society of Pain Clinicians

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