Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 29-32 , March 2006

Administration of nabilone for postoperative pain control in the marijuana-addicted: Case study

Received 25 June 2005 ,Revised 14 November 2005 ,Accepted 15 November 2005.

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PII: S1366-0071(05)00116-6

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2005.11.003

Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 29-32 , March 2006

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