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...

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Main Author: Russell K Portenoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1996-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/409012
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