Thirty years ago, I attended medical school in New York. In the key lecture on pain management, the professor told us confidently that patients who received prescription narcotics for pain would not become addicted. While pain management remains an essential […]
Long-Term Opioid Therapy Often Leads to Addiction
FRIDAY, July 29, 2011 (HealthDay News) — Addiction to prescription drugs is common among patients with chronic pain, with 35 percent of patients receiving long-term treatment with opioids now meeting the criteria for addiction, a new study has found. In […]
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