Diagnosing opioid addiction in people with chronic pain

BMJ. 2018 Sep 21:362:k3949. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k3949.

Authors

Lauren Gorfinkel^{1

2}, Pauline Voon^{1

3}, Evan Wood^{1

4}, Jan Klimas^{1

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA.
³ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁵ School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland.

PMID: 30242012
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k3949

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects*
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Chronic Pain / complications*
Chronic Pain / drug therapy*
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders*
Humans
International Classification of Diseases
Opioid-Related Disorders / complications*
Opioid-Related Disorders / diagnosis*
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Symptom Assessment

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid