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Question: What are the long term effects of pain pills?
Submitted on: March 12, 2010
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Long-term use of pain medications can lead to addiction, with escalating doses needed to achieve the same effect. High doses can lead to respiratory depression, which can result in death.
Answered on: March 02, 2011
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