Pain and Suicide: The Other Side of the Opioid Story

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-346

  Webster, Lynn R ^a,b  

^a American Academy of Pain Medicine   (United States)

^b PRA International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; REIMBURSEMENT; SUICIDE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; PAIN; SUICIDE;

EID: 84895534106     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12398     Document Type: Editorial

References (2)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vital signs: overdoses of prescription opioid pain relievers-United States, 1999-2008. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2011;60(43):1487-1492.
2. Office of National Drug Control Policy. Epidemic: Responding to America's Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis. White House Web site. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ondcp/issues-content/prescription-drugs/rx_abuse_plan_0.pdf. Released 2011. Accessed December 23, 2013.