Opioid dose and risk of suicide

Pain

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1079-1084

  Ilgen, Mark A ^a,b   Bohnert, Amy S B ^a,b   Ganoczy, Dara ^a   Bair, Matthew J ^c,d   Mccarthy, John F ^a,b   Blow, Frederic C ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Opioids; Overdose; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT; GOVERNMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84964725478     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000484     Document Type: Article

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