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Are Prescription Opioids Driving the Opioid Crisis? Assumptions vs Facts
OBJECTIVE: Sharp increases in opioid prescriptions, and associated increases in overdose deaths in the 2000s, evoked widespread calls to change perceptions of opioid analgesics. Medical literature discussions of opioid analgesics began emphasizing patient and public health hazards. Repetitive exposu...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018937/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28402482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnx048 |