Opioid prescribing after nonfatal overdose and association with repeated overdose: A cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Larochelle, Marc R ^a   Liebschutz, Jane M ^a   Zhang, Fang ^b   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^b   Wharam, J Frank ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIHYDROCODEINE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; LEVORPHANOL; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONFATAL OPIOID OVERDOSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED OPIOID OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; BUPRENORPHINE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953293081     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-0038     Document Type: Article

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