Erschienen in:
01.09.2010 | Letters
Methadone Deaths in Pain and Addiction Populations
verfasst von:
Kenneth J. Grant, MD, Catherine T. Baca, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 9/2010
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Excerpt
To the Editors: —The article in your April 2010 edition by Modesto-Lowe et al.
1 titled “Methadone Deaths: Risk Factors in Pain and Addicted Populations” provided an excellent discussion of methadone in opioid addiction treatment. However, we found that their discussion regarding methadone use as an analgesic understated the risks and overstated our ability to reduce these risks. …