Abstract:Introduction: Patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment often suffer from pain due to the occurrence of opioid-induced hyperalgesia. Pain is indicated as one of the key factors causing poor treatment outcome and is correlated with worse quality of life. The aim of the present study was to analyse the frequency of pain in Polish patients treated in methadone maintenance programmes and to evaluate the relationship between pain and physical and mental health, as well as patients' social functioning. Mate… Show more
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