What are we treating with long-term opioid therapy?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 433-434

  Sullivan, Mark D ^a   Ballantyne, Jane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858379957     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.2156     Document Type: Note

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