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References used for this fact sheet

• General Community fact sheet: Analgesics [online], Drug and Alcohol Office, Government of Western Australia. More information here.
• ‘Pain’ [online], in The Merck Manual of Medical Information Home Edition, Section 6: Brain and nerve disorders, chapter 61. More information here.
• Long, M. (1996), The Family Encyclopaedia of Medicine and Health, The Book Company, Sydney.

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