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with methadone and buprenorphine. As a result, physicians will more frequently
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A Karasz, L Zallman, K Berg, M Gourevitch, P … - Journal of pain and symptom management, 2004 - Elsevier Recent studies indicate that severe chronic pain is common among patients in
methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), but no qualitative studies have examined
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- ►prsjournal.com V Mehta, RM Langford - Anaesthesia, 2006 - prsjournal.com Patients requiring acute pain management may be opioid dependent as a result of
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P Compton, VC Charuvastra, K Kintaudi, W … - Journal of pain and symptom management, 2000 - Elsevier Providing pain management for known opioid abusers is a challenging clinical
task, in part because little is known about their pain experience and analgesic
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RN Jamison, J Kauffman, NP Katz - Journal of pain and symptom management, 2000 - Elsevier Chronic pain patients who have limited access to opioids may be redirected to
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MM Scimeca, SR Savage, R Portenoy, J … - Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 2000 - drugpolicyalliance.com Patients with opioid dependency experience trauma, acute medical illness and
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JM White - Addictive behaviors, 2004 - Elsevier One consequence of repeated drug administration is the development of
adaptations in the nervous system, sometimes termed 'drug-opposite' responses.
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M Doverty, AA Somogyi, JM White, F Bochner … - Pain, 2001 - Elsevier We have previously shown that methadone maintenance patients are hyperalgesic.
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