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Opioid therapy of chronic pain: Assessment of consequences
Author(s) -
Savage S. R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430908.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic pain , addiction , opioid , intensive care medicine , cancer pain , intractable pain , cancer , psychiatry , anesthesia , receptor
This paper will review what is known about key issues of importance in the clinical use of opioids for the treatment of intractable non‐cancer related pain, and will attempt to describe the evolving areas of consensus among clinicians who treat pain and addiction regarding various aspects of use of opioids for the treatment of chronic non‐cancer pain.