Long-acting opioids for chronic pain: Pharmacotherapeutic opportunities to enhance compliance, quality of life, and analgesia

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-186

  McCarberg, Bill H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Analgesics; Chronic pain; Opioids; Pain treatment

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG LEGISLATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; NARCOTICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0035350681     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045391-200105000-00006     Document Type: Article

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