Narcotic addiction in patients with chronic pain
Open Access
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 36 (6) , 597-602
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1981.tb10323.x
Abstract
Summary: The notes of 717 patients attending the Regional Pain Relief Unit, Abingdon, were reviewed. One hundred and thirty patients (18°) were taking narcotic analgesics. Of these, 74 were suffering from cancer and 56 (9·7°) had chronic benign pain. Nine patients were considered to be addicted to their analgesics.Nine men and five women were able to discontinue their narcotic analgesics as a result of therapy. All of these patients had been receiving oral agents for more than one year.Keywords
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