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Long-term, high-dose opioid prescription for chronic non-cancer pain in primary care: an observational study

John Bailey, Simon Gill and Rob Poole
BJGP Open 2022; 6 (4): BJGPO.2021.0217. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0217
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1 Centre for Mental Health and Society, Bangor University Wrexham Academic Unit, Technology Park Wrexham, Wrexham, UK
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vol. 6 no. 4 BJGPO.2021.0217
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https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0217
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35728819

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  • Received November 12, 2021
  • Revision received May 23, 2022
  • Accepted June 16, 2022
  • Published online December 20, 2022.

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  1. John Bailey1,*,
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  3. Rob Poole3
  1. 1 Centre for Mental Health and Society, Bangor University Wrexham Academic Unit, Technology Park Wrexham, Wrexham, UK
  2. 2 Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales, UK
  3. 3 Centre for Mental Health and Society, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    John Bailey, j.bailey{at}bangor.ac.uk
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  • Opioid analgesics
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  • primary care
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