Narcotic Usage

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A RECURRENT problem for many practicing physicians is how to use effectively one of their most powerful pharmacologic tools, narcotic drugs. They tend to dread patients who demand large or continuous doses of narcotics, particularly when the behavior of such patients raises the question of addiction. This concern is understandable in the light of usual medical-school training and the popular view of addicts. Medical-school training describes the addict as invariably increasing his demand for the drug, with the development of a painful syndrome of sweating, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea when the drug is unavailable, and requiring hospitalization to be treated. . . .

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