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. 2016 Mar 31;374(13):1253-63.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1507771.

Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain--Misconceptions and Mitigation Strategies

Nora D Volkow¹, A Thomas McLellan¹

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¹ From the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (N.D.V.); and the Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia (A.T.M.).

PMID: 27028915
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1507771

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Review

Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain--Misconceptions and Mitigation Strategies

Nora D Volkow et al. N Engl J Med. 2016.

Free article

. 2016 Mar 31;374(13):1253-63.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1507771.

Authors

Nora D Volkow¹, A Thomas McLellan¹

Affiliation

¹ From the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (N.D.V.); and the Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia (A.T.M.).

PMID: 27028915
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1507771

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Mitigation Strategies for Opioid Abuse.
Volkow ND, McLellan AT. Volkow ND, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jul 7;375(1):96. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1605652. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27406367 No abstract available.
Mitigation Strategies for Opioid Abuse.
Bearnot B, Schmitt W, Nejad S. Bearnot B, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jul 7;375(1):95. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1605652. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27406368 No abstract available.
Mitigation Strategies for Opioid Abuse.
Webster LR. Webster LR. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jul 7;375(1):95-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1605652. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27406369 No abstract available.

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