The 1-year treatment course of new opioid recipients in veterans health administration

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1282-1291

  Mosher, Hilary J ^a,b   Richardson, Kelly K ^a   Lund, Brian C ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic non cancer pain; Incidence; Opioids; Prevalence; Veterans

Indexed keywords

BUTORPHANOL; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; LEVORPHANOL; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECIPIENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; VETERAN;

EID: 85014473568     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnw058     Document Type: Article

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