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Clinical indications associated with opioid initiation for pain management in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study

Concerns over prescription opioids contributing to high levels of opioid use disorder and overdose have led policymakers and clinicians to seek means to reduce inappropriate and high-dose initial prescriptions. To inform such efforts, we sought to describe the clinical indications associated with op...

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Autores principales: Pasricha, Sachin V., Tadrous, Mina, Khuu, Wayne, Juurlink, David N., Mamdani, Muhammad M., Paterson, J. Michael, Gomes, Tara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29762260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001242