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Substance abuse may be seen with opioids, cannabis, cocaine, hypnotics and sedatives. Cannabis is the drug most frequently abused (45 %). The prevalence of substance abuse in chronic non-malignant pain is between 5 and 25 %. Patients having addiction may show an intense desire for the drug. They may increase the dosage without clinical advice. They may continue medications even if the pain is not there. They may try to manipulate to obtain medications. This must be distinguished from “pseudo-addiction” whose patients seek additional medication due to inappropriate pain management.
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Gupta, R. (2014). Pain Management and Substance Abuse. In: Pain Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55061-4_38
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