Denial of prescription pain medication among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Abstract Background People who use drugs experience pain at two to three times the rate of the general population and yet continue to face substantial barriers to accessing appropriate and adequate treatment for pain. In light of the overdose crisis and revised opioid prescribing guidelines, we soug...
Main Authors: | Evelyne Marie Piret, M.-J. Milloy, Pauline Voon, JinCheol Choi, Kora DeBeck, Kanna Hayashi, Thomas Kerr |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-03-01
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Series: | Harm Reduction Journal |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-00956-5 |
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