Sex Differences in Pain and Misuse of Prescription Analgesics Among Persons with HIV

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 815-824

  Tsao, Jennie C I ^a   Stein, Judith A ^b   Dobalian, Aram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Gender Differences; Opioid Misuse; Pain; Substance Abuse; Women

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FENTANYL; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET; PERCODAN; PETHIDINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77954439295     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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