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Table of contents :
FrontMatter
Reviewers
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Boxes, Figures, and Tables
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Summary
1 Introduction
PART I: PAIN MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH
2 Pain Management and the Intersection of Pain and Opioid Use Disorder
3 Progress and Future Directions in Research on Pain and Opioid Use Disorder
PART II: ADDRESSING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
4 Trends in Opioid Use, Harms, and Treatment
5 Evidence on Strategies for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
6 Opioid Approval and Monitoring by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: Data Sources and Methods
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Consultants
Appendix C: Existing Data Sources on Opioid Use, Misuse, Overdose, and Other Harms

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