Race and Gender Are Associated with Opioid Dose Reduction Among Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy

OBJECTIVE: Among patients with chronic pain, risk of opioid use is elevated with high opioid dose or concurrent benzodiazepine use. This study examined whether these clinical factors, or sociodemographic factors of race and gender, are associated with opioid dose reduction. DESIGN AND SETTING: A ret...

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Published in:Pain Med
Main Authors: Buonora, Michele, Perez, Hector R, Heo, Moonseong, Cunningham, Chinazo O, Starrels, Joanna L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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OPIOIDS & SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS SECTION
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6686117/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30032197
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pny137
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