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L.S. Yefet, MD

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Clinical Articles / October 2021

Opioid prescribing patterns in British Columbia from 2013 to 2017: A population-based study

Opioids are an essential component of multimodal therapy for acute and cancer pain management. Legitimate opioid prescription use in this setting is not considered to be a major contributor to chronic opioid misuse.[1,2... Read More

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