Low use of opioid risk reduction strategies in primary care even for high risk patients with chronic pain

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 958-964

  Starrels, Joanna L ^a   Becker, William C ^b   Weiner, Mark G ^c   Li, Xuan ^a   Heo, Moonseong ^a   Turner, Barbara J ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pain; opioid misuse; urine drug testing

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052301383     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1648-2     Document Type: Article

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