Opioid Overdose History, Risk Behaviors, and Knowledge in Patients Taking Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Pain
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High-risk use by patients prescribed opioids for pain and its role in overdose deaths.
IMPORTANCE From January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2010, drug overdose deaths in Tennessee increased from 422 to 1059 per year. More of these deaths involved prescription opioids than heroin and cocaine combined. OBJECTIVE To assess the contribution of certain opioid-prescribing patterns to the risk of overdose death. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We performed a matched case-control ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1526-2375,1526-4637
DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnw228