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HEROIN ADDICTION AND
RELATED CLINICAL PROBLEMS

The official journal of
EUROPAD - European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association
WFTOD - World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Editor: Icro Maremmani, MD - Pisa, Italy, EU
Associate Editors:
Thomas Clausen, MD - Oslo, Norway
Pier Paolo Pani, MD - Cagliari, Italy, EU
Marta Torrens, MD - Barcelona, Spain, EU
Statistical Editor:
Mario Miccoli, PhD - Pisa, Italy, EU

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Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems: 2008, 10, 3 (pages: 25 - 32)

The Under-Treatment of Pain: A Global Problem. An Educational Approach

Buttfield I.

Summary: In order to undertake comprehensive pain treatment, acute and chronic, all prescribers are required to understand opioid medication, and to appreciate the phenomenon of addiction. Throughout the world there is a major concern with under treatment of pain. This paper aims to assist health professionals in their efforts to treat patients' pain effectively. It also outlines medications available for use, typical patient situations and strategies for intervention to relieve pain. Barriers to pain treatment are reviewed, in both developed and developing nations.

 

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