Mary Gallagher, MD, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses pain management.
References and Resources
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National Institute of Drug Abuse; National Institutes of Health. Pain, opioids, and addiction: an urgent problem for doctors and patients. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2007;21(4):45-9.
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