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Cohort study
Cohort study finds nine times increased overdose risk (fatal plus non-fatal) in patients receiving 100 mg/day for 90 days compared with 1–20 mg/day opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, but wide CI and possibility of unmeasured confounders
- Correspondence to Joel Simon Hochman
Executive Director, National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain, 1714 White Oak Drive, Houston, TX 770099, USA; jfshmd{at}gmail.com
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Cohort study finds nine times increased overdose risk (fatal plus non-fatal) in patients receiving 100 mg/day for 90 days compared with 1–20 mg/day opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, but wide CI and possibility of unmeasured confounders
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- First published May 1, 2010.
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August 31, 2017
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