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Will the new opioid guidelines harm more people than they help? Yes

Affiliations

¹ Palliative care physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine with Providence Health Care and Clinical Professor in the Division of Palliative Care at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. rgallagher@providencehealth.bc.ca.
² Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, and Chief of Family Medicine at St Joseph's Healthcare.

Romayne Gallagher et al. Can Fam Physician. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;64(2):101-102.

¹ Palliative care physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine with Providence Health Care and Clinical Professor in the Division of Palliative Care at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. rgallagher@providencehealth.bc.ca.
² Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, and Chief of Family Medicine at St Joseph's Healthcare.

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Rebuttal: Will the new opioid guidelines harm more people than they help? No.
Persaud N. Persaud N. Can Fam Physician. 2018 Feb;64(2):e59-e60. Epub 2018 Feb 15. Can Fam Physician. 2018. PMID: 29449257 Free PMC article. French. No abstract available.
Purdue's influence continues.
Hunt DW. Hunt DW. Can Fam Physician. 2018 Apr;64(4):249. Can Fam Physician. 2018. PMID: 29650597 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Debating the opioid guidelines: corrections.
Busse JW, Juurlink D, Buckley DN, Guyatt GH. Busse JW, et al. Can Fam Physician. 2018 May;64(5):328-330. Can Fam Physician. 2018. PMID: 29760248 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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