Correlates of prescription opioid initiation and long-term opioid use in veterans with persistent pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-108

  Dobscha, Steven K ^a,b   Morasco, Benjamin J ^a,b   Duckart, Jonathan P ^a   MacEy, Tara ^b   Deyo, Richard A ^c,d  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; opioids; veteran

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CODEINE SULFATE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SCREENING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; NECK PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERSISTENT NONCANCER PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URINALYSIS; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84872054897     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3182490bdb     Document Type: Article

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