Chronic noncancer pain: Characteristics of patients prescribed opioids by community physicians and referred to a tertiary pain clinic

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Mailis Gagnon, Angela ^a,b   Lakha, S Fatima ^a,c   Louffat, Ting Ou Ada ^a   Yegneswaran, Balaji ^a   Umana, Margarita ^a   Cohodarevic, Tea ^a   Nicholson, Keith ^a   Deshpande, Amol ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CODEINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANADA; CHRONIC NONCANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENSIONER; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEURALGIA; ONTARIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79953179693     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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