• Can Fam Physician · Mar 1993

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    Use and abuse of opioid analgesics in chronic pain.

    • B Goldman.
    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto.
    • Can Fam Physician. 1993 Mar 1; 39: 571-6.

    AbstractPrimary care physicians are frequently required to treat patients with chronic debilitating pain. Opioid analgesics can successfully manage chronic pain. To prescribe opioid analgesics effectively, physicians must identify appropriate patients. Several methods can be used to identify and distinguish appropriate patients, addicted patients, and for-profit drug seekers.

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