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Review Articles

Developing non-opioid therapeutics to alleviate pain among persons with opioid use disorder: a review of the human evidence

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Pages 377-396 | Received 16 Apr 2023, Accepted 20 Jun 2023, Published online: 28 Jun 2023

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