Does report of craving opioid medication predict aberrant drug behavior among chronic pain patients?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-198

  Wasan, Ajay D ^a   Butler, Stephen F ^b   Budman, Simon H ^b   Fernandez, Kathrine ^b   Weiss, Roger D ^c,d   Greenfield, Shelly F ^c,d   Jamison, Robert N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INFLEXXION INC   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant drug behaviors; Addiction; Chronic pain; Craving; Opioids; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIHYDROMORPHINE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG USE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649216578     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318193a6c4     Document Type: Article

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