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Addiction and Substance Use Disorders
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Recently published articles about Addiction
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Toxicologic Testing for Opiates: Understanding False-Positive and False-Negative Test Results
July 26, 2012
Have you ever had a patient who insisted that he or she was neither using nor abusing opiates when the toxicology screen was positive? Have you ever considered if...
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A Review of Potential Adverse Effects of Long-Term Opioid Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide
June 14, 2012
The authors of this article review, synthesize, and summarize recent evidence on adverse effects of long-term opioid treatment for noncancer pain and present an organ system-based guide for primary...
