Research Article
Attitudinal Barriers to Analgesic Use among Patients with Substance Use Disorders
Table 1
Modified Barriers Questionnaire.
| Subscale | Item |
| Side effects | Drowsiness from pain medicine is difficult to control. |
When you use pain medicine, your body becomes used to its effects and pretty soon it will not work anymore. | Using pain medicine blocks your ability to know if you have any new pain. | Pain medicine can keep you from knowing what is going on in your body. | | | Addiction | There is a danger of becoming addicted to pain medicine. | Pain medicine is very addictive. | | | Reporting pain to physicians | It is important to be strong by not talking about pain. | It is important for the doctor to focus on curing illness, and not waste time controlling pain. | Doctors might find it annoying to be told about pain. |
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