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Clinical Focus: Snapshot in Pain Management - Editorial

Reappraising the use of benzodiazepines in chronic pain patients

Joseph V. PergolizziNEMA Research Inc, Naples, FL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5658-1471
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Jo Ann LeQuangNEMA Research Inc, Naples, FL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 10-12 | Received 09 Dec 2019, Accepted 31 Jan 2020, Published online: 06 Feb 2020

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