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The Tragedy of Needless Pain

Contrary to popular belief, the author says, morphine taken solely to control pain is not addictive. Yet patients worldwide continue to be undertreated and to suffer unnecessary agony

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 262 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “The Tragedy of Needless Pain” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 262 No. 2 (), p. 27
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0290-27