Major increases in opioid analgesic abuse in the United States: concerns and strategies.
By W. Compton, Nora D. Volkow. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2006
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Subfields: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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- Overtreating Chronic Back Pain: Time to Back Off? (2009, background): “4,36,37 Unlike advanced cancer or postoperative pain, chronic back pain often persists for years or decades.”
- Opioids and the Treatment of Chronic Pain: Controversies, Current Status, and Future Directions (2008, background): “Although the increase in prescription drug abuse is likely to be multifactorial, it is likely to reflect, in part, changes in available drug formulations and prescribing practices of opioid medication (Compton and Volkow, 2006).”
- Acute Migraine Medications and Evolution From Episodic to Chronic Migraine: A Longitudinal Population‐Based Study (2008, background): “DISCUSSION Frequent use of analgesics is an important health problem and may be rapidly increasing in the population.(21) Research conducted by the National Institute of Drug abuse suggests that overuse of medications reached alarming levels for certain agents, especially opioid analgesics and stimu”