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Volume 42, Issue 11, Page 25 (November 2008)


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Undertreated Chronic Pain Spurs Pseudoaddiction

MICHELE G. SULLIVAN (Mid-Atlantic Bureau)

BOSTON — Adolescents with undertreated chronic pain may develop pseudoaddiction to their pain medications, which would involve the demonstration of drug-seeking behaviors that are easy to confuse with true addiction.

PII: S0031-398X(08)70552-6

doi:10.1016/S0031-398X(08)70552-6


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