Skin popping with tapentadol: New challenges in the ongoing opioid crisis.

Indian J Pharmacol

Department Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Published: January 2024

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