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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / [The use of analgesics and risk of self-medication in an urban population sample: cross-sectional study].

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2019 Nov-Dec


Rev Bras Anestesiol


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31703816?dopt=Abstract


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[The use of analgesics and risk of self-medication in an urban population sample: cross-sectional study].

Authors

[The use of analgesics and risk of self-medication in an urban population sample: cross-sectional study].
de Barros G A M, Calonego M MA, Mendes RF, Castro RAM, Faria JFG, Trivellato SA, Cavalcante RS, Fukushima FB, Dias A
Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2019 Nov-Dec; 69(6):529-536.
PMID: 31703816.

Abstract

There are few data in the literature characterizing the pattern of analgesic use in Latin American countries, including Brazil. Little is known about the undertreatment of pain and its influence on the habit of self-medication with analgesics. The aim of this study is to define the pattern of analgesic use among chronic pain patients and its potential association with self-medication with analgesics.
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