Defining risk of prescription opioid overdose: Pharmacy shopping and overlapping prescriptions among long-term opioid users in medicaid

Journal of Pain

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 445-453

  Yang, Zhuo ^a   Wilsey, Barth ^b,c   Bohm, Michele ^d   Weyrich, Meghan ^c   Roy, Kakoli ^a   Ritley, Dominique ^c   Jones, Christopher ^e   Melnikow, Joy ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Overdose risk factors; Overlapping prescriptions; Pharmacy shopping; Prescription opioids

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG MISUSE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERUSE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928808768     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.01.475     Document Type: Article

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