Drug Overdose in a Retrospective Cohort with Non-Cancer Pain Treated with Opioids, Antidepressants, and/or Sedative-Hypnotics: Interactions with Mental Health Disorders

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1081-1096

  Turner, Barbara J ^a,b,c   Liang, Yuanyuan ^b,c  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

opioid analgesics; overdose; psychotherapeutic drugs

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; ZOLPIDEM; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONCANCER PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PYRIDINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938075524     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3199-4     Document Type: Article

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