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Identifying a Pain Medication Addict

Tell-Tale Signs

1:46 | Anesthesiology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pharmacists, Psychiatry & Mental Health

Robert Kravitz, MD, Medical Director, St. Francis Pain Center, Indianapolis IN, physiatrist and pain expert, discusses identification of a person potentially addicted to pain medication.

References and Resources
Systematic review of current prescription opioid abuse surveillance systems N Katz, H Chilcoat,S Budman,S Butler,K Fernandez,B Houle,E Adams; Inflexxion, Newton, MA G07 – Meta-analysis and Systematic Reviews. Diagnosis, Assessment and Reviews, 2007.
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