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Can we curb the opioid abuse epidemic by rethinking chronic pain?

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imageRethinking chronic pain.Doctor and patient image via www.shutterstock.com.

Over the last few decades, medicine has witnessed a sea change in attitudes toward chronic pain, and particularly toward opioids. While these changes were intended to bring relief to many, they have also fed an epidemic of prescription opioid and heroin abuse.

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