Chronic pain and addiction: Challenging co-occurring disorders

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-124

  Pohl, Mel ^a   Smith, Logan ^a  

^a Las Vegas Recovery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Chronic pain; Long term opioid therapy; Opioidinduced hyperalgesia; Prescription medication; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG TOLERANCE; EMOTION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; EMOTIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF MEDICATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84865351585     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2012.684621     Document Type: Review

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