If patients with chronic pain and without a history of psychological disturbances or substance abuse are allowed to self-administer narcotics to control their pain, the majority of them

a. develop a strong addiction to narcotics
b. self-administer much larger doses than they would if the narcotics were administered to them by physicians at fixed intervals
c. develop a rapid and marked tolerance to the effects of narcotics
d. none of the above


d

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