Prescription opioid abuse: What is the real problem and how do we fix it?;Usage abusif des opioïdes d'ordonnance: Quel est le vrai problème et comment le réglons-nous?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Lynch, Mary E ^a,b,c   Fischer, Benedikt ^d,e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Société Canadienne Pour le Traitement de la Douleur   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING; ANXIETY; CANCER PAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; NOTE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ABUSE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURGERY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 81855218062     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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