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Ambulatory diagnosis and treatment of nonmalignant pain in the united states, 2000-2010

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Increased opioid prescribing has not been accompanied by similar increases in nonopioid analgesics or the proportion of ambulatory pain patients receiving pharmacologic treatment, suggesting clinical alternatives to prescription opioids may be underutilized as a means of treating ambulatory nonmalignant pain.
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Background:Escalating rates of prescription opioid use and abuse have occurred in the context of efforts to improve the treatment of nonmalignant pain.Objective:The aim of the study was to characterize the diagnosis and management of nonmalignant pain in ambulatory, office-based settings in the Unit

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Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers - United States, 1999-2008

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