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Volume 150, Issue 3 , Pages 390-400 , September 2010

Substance misuse treatment for high-risk chronic pain patients on opioid therapy: A randomized trial

  • Robert N. Jamison

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Departments of Anesthesia and Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Pain Management Center, 850 Boylston Street, Suite 320, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA. Tel.: +1 617 732 9046; fax: +1 617 732 9050.
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  • Edgar L. Ross

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Edward Michna

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Li Q. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Caroline Holcomb

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Ajay D. Wasan

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Received 22 July 2009 ,Revised 11 January 2010 ,Accepted 18 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.033

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