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A 1980 Letter on the Risk of Opioid Addiction

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Leung, Pamela T.M., Macdonald, Erin M., Stanbrook, Matthew B., Dhalla, Irfan A., Juurlink, David N.·2017·New England Journal of Medicine

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A five-sentence letter published in the Journal in 1980 has been heavily cited as evidence that long-term opioid therapy has seldom been associated with addiction. Of the 608 citations, 72.2% used the letter uncritically as evidence that such addiction was rare.

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Authors: Leung, P. T. M., Macdonald, E. M., Stanbrook, M. B., Dhalla, I. A., & Juurlink, D. N.
Affiliations: University of Toronto (CA)
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
Sunnybrook Research Institute (CA)
ORCID: Macdonald, Erin M.
Stanbrook, Matthew B.
Juurlink, David N.
Venue: New England Journal of Medicine
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Published: 2017-06
Volume: 376
Issue: 22
Pages: 2194-2195
ISSN: 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejmc1700150
OpenAlex: W2618923223
Cited by: 193
References: 3
Citations by year: 2026: 17 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 39 · 2017: 11
FWCI: 26.46
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Locations: New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Anesthesia and Pain Management
Keywords: opioid use disorder, long-term opioid therapy, opioid prescribing, addiction risk
MeSH terms: Analgesics, Opioid, Humans, Opioid-Related Disorders, Risk, Bibliometrics, History, 20th Century, Chronic Pain

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