Trends in long‐term opioid therapy for chronic non‐cancer pain
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety2009Vol. 18(12), pp. 1166–1175
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Denise M. Boudreau, Michael Von Korff, Carolyn M. Rutter, Kathleen Saunders, G. Thomas Ray, Mark D. Sullivan, Cynthia I. Campbell, Joseph O. Merrill, Michael J. Silverberg, Caleb J. Banta‐Green, Constance Weisner
Abstract
Long-term opioid therapy for non-cancer pain is increasingly prevalent, but the benefits and risks associated with such therapy are inadequately understood. Concurrent use of opioids and sedative-hypnotics was unexpectedly common and deserves further study.
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