Trends in long-term opioid therapy for noncancer pain among persons with a history of depression

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 564-570

  Braden, Jennifer Brennan ^a   Sullivan, Mark D ^a   Ray, G Thomas ^b   Saunders, Kathleen ^c   Merrill, Joseph ^d   Silverberg, Michael J ^b   Rutter, Carolyn M ^c   Weisner, Constance ^b,e   Banta Green, Caleb ^d   Campbell, Cynthia ^b   Von Korff, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Opioid; Pain; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350572465     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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