Opioid therapy for chronic pain in the United States: promises and perils.

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Published in Pain on September 11, 2013

Authors

Mark D Sullivan1, Catherine Q Howe

Author Affiliations

1: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: sullimar@uw.edu.

Associated clinical trials:

Transforming Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care (TOPCARE) | NCT01909076

Pilot Trial of Opioid Taper Support (POTS) | NCT01883882

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