In many ways, treating pain in people with HIV is no different than for the non-HIV population, and clinicians should approach pain management with the same caution about dispensing opioids, experts told Infectious Disease Special Edition.
Jonathan Z. Li, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, said ideally chronic pain should be managed by a multidisciplinary team, including input from the HIV clinician, primary care physician,