This publication aims to inform health care providers, researchers, policy makers, caregivers, and patients about the recent report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) that calls for overhauling the approach to pain management in the United States. The report notes that while pain affects approximately one-third of Americans-and exacts a huge toll from society in terms of morbidity, mortality, disability, demands on the health care system, and economic burden-it remains widely undertreated. The report provides an overview of needs for care, education, and research, and lays out a blueprint for transforming pain care. This issue of From Publication to Practice provides a high level summary of the IOM call to action and identifies recommendations for advancing pain care, education, and research. We believe that this issue in our From Publication to Practice series will assist you in identifying and responding to opportunities to improve pain management. Supported by an educational grant from Purdue Pharma L.

This newsletter features prominent research presentations at GSA's 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting that examine the impact of pain in older adults, strategies for managing pain and preserving function, and strategies to improve the assessment and management of pain for residents in long-term care facilities, including those who have dementia. Recent major national initiatives intended to support safe selection and use of analgesics and their impacts on pain management in older adults are also reviewed in this newsletter. Support provided by Kenvue.

This special publication aims to ensure that researchers, practitioners, educators, and policy experts are aware of issues that affect the safe use of opioids in older adults. This issue of From Publication to Practice describes the principles of balanced pain management in older adults. It also discusses strategies to prevent misuse and abuse of opioids, including abuse-deterrent formulations, patient and prescriber education to support appropriate opioid use, and safe opioid storage and disposal.

We believe that addressing this important topic in our From Publication to Practice series will assist you in better understanding factors that may influence the misuse, abuse, and diversion of opioids that are prescribed to older adults as well as strategies to support safe opioid use as one component of an overall balanced approach to managing pain. Support provided by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals.

The use of over-the-counter (OTC) medications, and OTC analgesics in particular, poses challenges in older adult populations. This edition of From Policy to Practice examines the role of over-the-counter (OTC) pain medications in a comprehensive approach for the assessment and treatment of persistent pain in older adults and supports members of the health care team to differentiate among OTC analgesics with regard to their safety profiles for use in older adults. It also add supports team members to inform older adults and caregivers of labeling changes for acetaminophen and non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, with an emphasis on new warnings and educate older adults and caregivers about appropriate use of OTC analgesics for older patients. Support provided by Kenvue.