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This review paper hypothesizes that vitamin C may be helpful in the treatment of opioid use disorder, as it has some benefit for acute and chronic pain relief. It may be beneficial, the authors hypothesize, in preventing opioid use disorder by reducing need for opioid pain medications.



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