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Update in Pain Medicine

Authors: Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, Erin E. Krebs, MD, MPH, Ian A. Chen, MD, MPH, Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH, Matthew J. Bair, MD, MS, Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 11/2010

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More than 75 million Americans have chronic pain.1 Pain accounts for 20% of all outpatient visits2 and over $100 billion dollars per year in direct and indirect costs;3 analgesics account for 12% of all prescriptions.4Our aims were to review recent pain medicine studies and their key findings, and to discuss the implications of these findings for generalist clinical practice. …

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Title: Update in Pain Medicine
Authors: Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Erin E. Krebs, MD, MPH
Ian A. Chen, MD, MPH
Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH
Matthew J. Bair, MD, MS
Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH
Publication date: 01-11-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 11/2010
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1452-4

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