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Comment
. 2010 Apr;13(2):55-6.
doi: 10.1136/ebn1062.

Cohort study finds nine times increased overdose risk (fatal plus non-fatal) in patients receiving 100 mg/day for 90 days compared with 1-20 mg/day opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, but wide CI and possibility of unmeasured confounders

Joel Simon Hochman  1 , Joe Pergolizzi
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Cohort study finds nine times increased overdose risk (fatal plus non-fatal) in patients receiving 100 mg/day for 90 days compared with 1-20 mg/day opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, but wide CI and possibility of unmeasured confounders

Joel Simon Hochman et al. Evid Based Nurs. 2010 Apr.
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