Does opioid use for pain management warrant routine bone mass density screening in men?

Pain Physician

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 539-541

  Fortin, Joseph D ^a   Bailey, Gina M ^b   Vilensky, Joel A ^b  

^a Spine Technology/Rehabilitation   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mass density; Hypogonadal; OPIAD; Opioid

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CHRONIC PAIN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN;

EID: 56549083703     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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