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May 7, 2026Current Hepatology ReportsOpen Access

Navigating Chronic Pain in Patients with Cirrhosis: Unique Analgesic Considerations and Non-Pharmacologic Options

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LDLisa X. DengJRJessica B. Rubin

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Overview

Review highlights analgesic options and pain management strategies in patients with cirrhosis, suggesting individualized approaches.

Key Points

  • This review aims to summarize pain management strategies, examining both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic options for patients with cirrhosis.
  • Review of literature on analgesic use and pain management in cirrhotic patients.
  • Analysis of pharmacokinetic data and expert opinion on analgesics.
  • Identification of comorbid conditions impacting pain management.
  • Analgesic classes are often risk-laden in patients with cirrhosis, based on pharmacokinetic data rather than clinical trials.
  • Opioid prescribing has decreased, but non-opioid alternatives have not increased proportionally.
  • Non-pharmacologic pain management strategies are minimally studied in this demographic.

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Deng et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fc2c1f8b49bacb8b347bf3https://doi.org/10.1007/s11901-026-00735-9
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