Chronic pain: 2. The case for opioids

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作者
Brookoff, D [1 ]
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[1] Univ Tennessee, Coll Med, Memphis, TN 38163 USA
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HOSPITAL PRACTICE | 2000年 / 35卷 / 09期
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10.3810/hp.2000.09.211
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Opioid medications allow us to treat chronic pain as aggressively as we would any pathogen, but we must first overcome ingrained misconceptions about patients' motivations for seeking treatment and about the addictive properties of the drugs. With controlled use, the newer sustained-release formulations give real hope for safe and sustained pain relief.
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