Opioid therapy for chronic pain.

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Published in N Engl J Med on November 13, 2003

Authors

Jane C Ballantyne1, Jianren Mao

Author Affiliations

1: Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. jballantyne@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

Sulfasalazine in Decreasing Opioids Requirements in Breast Cancer Patients | NCT03847311

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