UI - 000018

AU - Verhaag DA

AU - Ikeda RM

TI - Prescribing for chronic pain. Special Issue: Prescription drug issues: Public policy and clinical

practice

AB - IN: Medical Board of California, Sacramento, US LA: English AB: Offers guidelines in the following

areas for physicians who treat patients with chronic intractable pain with opiates: history and medical

examination, diagnosis/medical indication, written treatment plan with recorded measurable objectives,

informed consent, periodic reviews and modifications, consultation, and record keeping. (PsycLIT Database

Copyright 1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved) KP: opiate prescription guidelines for

chronic pain patients; physicians AN: 79-32546

SO - Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 1991;23:433-43