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Editorial
. 2024 Jan;119(1):4-5.
doi: 10.1111/add.16348. Epub 2023 Sep 27.

When harms outweigh benefits of long-term opioid therapy for pain: Need for a new diagnostic entity, research and improved treatments

William C Becker  1   2 , Joseph W Frank  3   4 , Sara N Edmond  1   2 , Joanna L Starrels  5
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When harms outweigh benefits of long-term opioid therapy for pain: Need for a new diagnostic entity, research and improved treatments

William C Becker et al. Addiction. 2024 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: analgesics; chronic pain; diagnosis; guideline-concordant care; opioid-related disorders; opioids.

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