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Case Reports
. 2010 Aug 31:341:c4462.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.c4462.

Opioid induced hypogonadism

Raghava G Reddy  1 , Theingi Aung, Niki Karavitaki, John A H Wass
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Case Reports

Opioid induced hypogonadism

Raghava G Reddy et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Hypogonadism in both sexes is a common result of ongoing treatment with opioid analgesics and can be treated with suitable hormone replacement therapy

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Competing interests: All authors have completed the unified competing interest form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare no support from any organisation for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organisation that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; and no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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