Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain
the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in
Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles
and JavaScript.
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. In this Viewpoint, Dr Connelly and Dr Schanberg discuss the limited knowledge regarding the widespread occurrence of pain in children with arthritis. Research into treatment with opioids in these patients has fostered clinical myths inhibiting optimum patient care.