ADDICTION OR PSEUDOADDICTION IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS: TIME TO DECIDE - A CASE SERIES.

Abstract

These cases reveal drug abuse as an emerging or understudied problem among SCD patients and its association with chronic pain in some patients. It is therefore necessary for pain physicians and SCD experts to address the use of opioid in chronic sickle cell pain and provide alternatives and a suitable guideline for their use.