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Which of the following reflects the clinical caution regarding the use of narcotics for chronic pain?
A. Clinical research needs to be done on a wider variety of chronic pain conditions.
B. The clinical effects of taking narcotics daily are widely known but seldom considered in treatment.
C. Researchers know why low addiction levels occur when such drugs are taken for pain relief but ignore this information.
D. Acupuncture is a far more effective treatment.
Right answer- A. Clinical research needs to be done on a wider variety of chronic pain conditions.
Explanation-Narcotics refer to drugs that a person takes to reduce the feeling of pain. It has clinical caution like using this drug on a regular basis can lead to addiction and also can produce some physical symptoms. Whenever a clinical research is done on the clinical caution of using Narcotics to reduce chronic pain the researcher must use this drug on different types of chronic pain. So we can say here the right option would be option A.