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Chronic Pain Patient “Advocates” and Their Focus on Opiophilia: Barking Up the Wrong Tree?
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To estimate the prevalence of and risk factors for opioid abuse/dependence in long-term users of opioids for chronic pain, including risk factors for opioid abuse/dependence that can potentially be modified to decrease the likelihood of opioid abuse/dependence, and non-modifiable risk factors for opioid abuse/dependence that may be useful for risk stratification when considering prescribing opioids.
[1
]Division of Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine , New York, NY, USA
[2
]Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, NYU School of
Medicine , New York, NY, USA
[3
]School of Social Work, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, NC, USA
[4
]McLean Hospital, Division of Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA, USA
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Correspondence: Michael E Schatman Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population
Health, NYU School of Medicine , 550 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA
Tel +1 425-647-4880 Email Michael.Schatman@NYULangone.org
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