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Do strong opioids have a role in the early management of back pain? Recommendations from a European expert panel

Eija Kalso Pain Clinic, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Laurie Allan Northwick Park Hospital & St Mark's NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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Jan Dobrogowski Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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Martin Johnson Ashville Medical Centre, Barnsley, UK
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Nevenka Krcevski-Skvarc Teaching Hospital, Maribor, Slovenia
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Gary J. Macfarlane School of Epidemiology & Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Gérard Mick Pain Centre, Neurological Hospital, Lyon, France
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Sergio Ortolani Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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Serge Perrot Rheumatology Department, Hospital Tarnier, Paris, France
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Alfredo Perucho Unidad del Dolor, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Ian Semmons Action on Pain, Norfolk, UK
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Jan Sörensen Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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Pages 1819-1828 | Accepted 23 Sep 2005, Published online: 07 Oct 2005

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