National study of discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy among veterans

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2673-2679

  Vanderlip, Erik R ^a   Sullivan, Mark D ^a   Edlund, Mark J ^b,c,d   Martin, Bradley C ^c,e   Fortney, John ^c,f   Austen, Mark ^c   Williams, James S ^c   Hudson, Teresa ^c,f  

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

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d ST LUKE'S HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Chronic noncancer pain; Discontinuation; Long term opioid therapy; Veteran

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM OPIOID THERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; MORPHINE EQUIVALENT DOSE; NECK PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN INTENSITY; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVAL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84922712271     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.09.034     Document Type: Article

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