Several years ago there was a study done on the
effects of long term opiate therapy. Forest Tennant, MD, who undertook a first-
of-its-kind research study evaluating chronic pain patients who had been receiving opioid therapy for 10 to 35 years. I found the results of his study extremely encouraging as should have other patients in need of long-term opioid therapy as well as their doctors, some of whom may have been hesitant about it. Dr.