A meta-analysis based on diffuse definitions and mixed quality literature is not a good fundament for decisions on treatment of chronic pain patients

Pain

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1576-1577

  Scholten, Willem ^a   Henningfield, Jack E ^b,c  

^a Consultant Medicines and Controlled Substances ^*  (Netherlands)

^b PINNEY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ICD-10; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT REFUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84945267479     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000213     Document Type: Letter

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