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Comment
. 2017 Sep 18;189(37):E1196.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.733208.

Response to "Role of regulators in safe prescribing of opioids"

Andrea D Furlan  1 , Owen D Williamson  2
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Response to "Role of regulators in safe prescribing of opioids"

Andrea D Furlan et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Owen Williamson reports nonfinancial support from Health Canada, and personal fees and nonfinancial support from Purdue Pharma (Canada), Mundipharma International Ltd. and INVIVO Communications Ltd., outside the submitted work. Andrea Furlan is acknowledged in the 2017 “Guideline for Opioid Therapy and Chronic Noncancer Pain.” She participated in the first meeting of the clinical experts in January 2016 but was not involved in the remaining development of the guideline.

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    1. Busse JW, Craigie S, Juurlink DN, et al. Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain. CMAJ 2017;189:E659–66. - PMC - PubMed

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