title: Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain--Misconceptions and Mitigation Strategies.
authors.affiliation: From the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (N.D.V.); and the Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia (A.T.M.).
authors.forename: Nora D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Volkow
authors.affiliation: From the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (N.D.V.); and the Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia (A.T.M.).
authors.forename: A Thomas
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: McLellan
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D006801:Humans; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu