Letter to the editor. Mehendale Aw, Goldman MP, Mehendale RP: OPIOID Overuse Pain Syndrome (Oops): The story of opioids, Prometheus unbound. J Opioid Manag. 2013; 9(6): 421-438.

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD; Sairam Atluri, MD; Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD; Hans C. Hansen, MD; Anand Mehendale, MD; Mark P. Goldman, PhD; Rachel P. Mehendale, BA

doi:10.5055/jom.2014.0195

Authors

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
Sairam Atluri, MD
Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD
Hans C. Hansen, MD
Anand Mehendale, MD
Mark P. Goldman, PhD
Rachel P. Mehendale, BA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2014.0195

Keywords:

OPIOID Overuse Pain Syndrome, OOPS, opioids

Abstract

Author's response also included

Author Biographies

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; Medical Director, Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky

Sairam Atluri, MD

Medical Director, Tri-State Spine Care Institute, Tri State Spine Care Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio

Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD

Chairman, Dept. of Anesthesiology & Perioperative, Medicine, Department Chairman, Louisville, Kentucky

Hans C. Hansen, MD

Medical Director, The Pain Relief Centers, LLC, Conover North Carolina

Anand Mehendale, MD

Neurobiology Research Unit, Phoenix Medical Associates, Kerrville, Texas

Mark P. Goldman, PhD

Neurobiology Research Unit, Phoenix Medical Associates, Kerrville, Texas

Rachel P. Mehendale, BA

University of Texas School, of Medicine at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

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