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Jane C. Ballantyne is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on areas such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques

Jane C. Ballantyne has a notable record of publications in several respected journals, with frequent venues including:

  • Pain
  • Journal of Pain
  • Clinical Journal of Pain
  • Anesthesiology
  • CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ballantyne include:

  • "Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty" (2021), published in Anesthesiology
  • "Complex Persistent Opioid Dependence with Long-term Opioids: a Gray Area That Needs Definition, Better Understanding, Treatment Guidance, and Policy Changes" (2020), published in Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • "Opioid analgesics for nociceptive cancer pain: A comprehensive review" (2023), published in CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • "Reconsidering Fordyce's classic article, "Pain and suffering: what is the unit?" to help make our model of chronic pain truly biopsychosocial" (2022), published in Pain
  • "Ensuring Patient Protections When Tapering Opioids: Consensus Panel Recommendations" (2020), published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, among whom are:

  • Mark D. Sullivan
  • Jeffrey F. Scherrer
  • Joanne Salas
  • Richard A. Grucza
  • Patrick J. Lustman

Best Publications

  • Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain

    Roger Chou;Gilbert J. Fanciullo;Perry G. Fine;Jeremy A. Adler

  • The comparative effects of postoperative analgesic therapies on pulmonary outcome : Cumulative meta-analyses of randomized, controlled trials

    Jane C. Ballantyne;Daniel B. Carr;Sarah deFerranti;Thomas Suarez

  • Opioid therapy for chronic pain

    Jane C Ballantyne;Jianren Mao

  • The Comparative Effects of Postoperative Analgesic Therapies on Pulmonary Outcome

    Jane C. Ballantyne;Daniel B. Carr;Sarah deFerranti;Thomas Suarez

  • Postoperative patient-controlled analgesia: Meta-analyses of initial randomized control trials

    Jane C. Ballantyne;Daniel B. Carr;Thomas C. Chalmers;Keith B.G. Dear

  • Opioid dependence and addiction during opioid treatment of chronic pain.

    Jane C. Ballantyne;K. Steven LaForge

  • Research Gaps on Use of Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain: Findings From a Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline

    Roger Chou;Jane C. Ballantyne;Gilbert J. Fanciullo;Perry G. Fine

  • Itching after epidural and spinal opiates

    Jane C. Ballantyne;Alan B. Loach;Daniel B. Carr

  • Efficacy of opioids for chronic pain: a review of the evidence

    Jane C. Ballantyne;Naomi S. Shin

  • Epidural pain relief versus systemic opioid-based pain relief for abdominal aortic surgery

    Mina Nishimori;James H S Low;Hui Zheng;Jane C Ballantyne

  • Core competencies for pain management: results of an interprofessional consensus summit.

    Scott M. Fishman;Heather M. Young;Ellyn Lucas Arwood;Roger Chou

  • Intensity of chronic pain - The wrong metric?

    Jane C. Ballantyne;Mark D. Sullivan

  • Opioid analgesia: perspectives on right use and utility.

    Jane C Ballantyne

  • Acute Post-Surgical Pain Management: A Critical Appraisal of Current Practice

    James P. Rathmell;Christopher L. Wu;Raymond S. Sinatra;Jane C. Ballantyne

  • Must we reduce pain intensity to treat chronic pain

    Mark D. Sullivan;Jane C. Ballantyne

  • Comparative efficacy of epidural, subarachnoid, and intracerebroventricular opioids in patients with pain due to cancer

    Jane C Ballantyne;Caroline Carwood;Anita Gupta;Michael I Bennett

  • Opioids for the Treatment of Chronic Pain: Mistakes Made, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions.

    Jane C Ballantyne

  • The dark side of opioids in pain management: basic science explains clinical observation.

    Cyril Rivat;Jane Ballantyne

  • Personalized medicine and opioid analgesic prescribing for chronic pain: opportunities and challenges.

    Stephen Bruehl;A. Vania Apkarian;Jane C. Ballantyne;Ann Berger

  • Opioid Analgesia: Perspectives onRight Use and Utility

    Jane C. Ballantyne

  • Review Articles Core Competencies for Pain Management: Results of an Interprofessional Consensus Summit

    Scott M. Fishman;Heather M. Young;Ellyn Lucas Arwood;Roger Chou

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Sullivan
Mark Sullivan University of Southampton
Yuchiao Chang
Yuchiao Chang Harvard University
Jianren Mao
Jianren Mao Harvard University
Christine Miaskowski
Christine Miaskowski University of California, San Francisco
Charles Chavkin
Charles Chavkin University of Washington
David A. Seminowicz
David A. Seminowicz University of Maryland, Baltimore
George R. Uhl
George R. Uhl University of Maryland, Baltimore
David Borsook
David Borsook Boston Children's Hospital
A. Vania Apkarian
A. Vania Apkarian Northwestern University
Gavril W. Pasternak
Gavril W. Pasternak Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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