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Chronic pain is highly prevalent in treatment-seeking opioid-dependent patients; therefore, this comorbid presentation is an important clinical consideration for both addiction and pain specialists. The objectives of the present study were to examine whether the direction of causal attribution of opioid dependence disorder and chronic pain resulted in two distinct clinical populations, and, if so, to compare treatment received during the 5-year follow-up period.