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. 1995 Jun;30(8):919-27.
doi: 10.3109/10826089509055820.

Prevalence of abuse and dependency in chronic pain patients

N G Hoffmann  1 , O Olofsson, B Salen, L Wickstrom
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Prevalence of abuse and dependency in chronic pain patients

N G Hoffmann et al. Int J Addict. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

A series of 414 chronic pain patients referred to Are Hospital, Are, Sweden, for evaluation and rehabilitation were administered a structured diagnostic interview to detect alcohol and drug misuse and dependence according to DSM-III-R criteria. A total of 97 (23.4%) met criteria for active alcohol, analgesic, or sedative misuse or dependency; an additional 39 (9.4%) met criteria for a remission diagnosis. Current dependency was most common for analgesics (12.6%) followed by alcohol (9.7%) and sedatives (7.0%).

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