Opioid Therapy for Chronic Nonmalignant Pain
Long term administration of an opioid drug for chronic nonmalignant pain continues to be controversial, but is no longer uniformly rejected by pain specialists. This is true despite concerns that the regulatory agencies that oversee physician prescribing of opioid drugs continue to stigmatize the pr...
Main Author: | Russell K Portenoy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1996-01-01
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Series: | Pain Research and Management |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/409012 |
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