Trends in the prescription of opioids for adolescents with non-cancer pain

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 423-428

  Richardson, Laura P ^a,b   Fan, Ming Yu ^a   McCarty, Carolyn A ^a,b   Katon, Wayne ^a   Edlund, Mark ^c   DeVries, Andrea ^d   Martin, Bradley C ^e   Sullivan, Mark ^a  

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

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d HEALTHCORE INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Opioids; Pain

Indexed keywords

LONG ACTING DRUG; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NONCANCER PAIN; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARKANSAS; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISORDERS; PAIN; PRESCRIPTIONS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052770763     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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