- ►annals.org [PDF] BA Martell, PG O'Connor, RD Kerns, WC … - Annals of internal medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Limitations: Retrieval and publication biases and poor study qual- ity. No trial
evaluating the efficacy of opioids was longer than 16 weeks. Conclusions:
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A Deshpande, A Furlan, A Mailis-Gagnon, S … - Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov BACKGROUND: The use of opioids in the long-term management of chronic low-back
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substance use disorders in a sample of patients receiving opioid therapy from
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