Tackling the difficult problem of prescription opioid misuse

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 747-748

  Heit, Howard A ^a   Gourlay, Douglas L ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG MISUSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PAIN; STANDARD; URINALYSIS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77953393522     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-11-201006010-00013     Document Type: Editorial

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