"Although it is important to carefully select and monitor the use of opioids for treating CNCP, under prescribing opioids for the reasons cited has likely resulted in needless suffering for some patients..."
-- "Changing Residents’ Beliefs and Concerns about Treatinh Chronic Noncancer Pain with Opioids: Evaluation of a Pilot Workshop," by Craig S. Roth, MD, and Diana J. Burgess, PhD, Pain Medicine, Volume 9, Number 7, 2008.
What you must keep in mind that 2008 was the height of the OxyContin craze.
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