Open AccessPrescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain
Author(s) -
Wayne A. Ray,
Cecilia P. Chung,
Katherine T. Murray,
Kathi Hall,
Christoph Stein
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2016.7789
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , chronic pain , cohort , medical prescription , cohort study , opioid , incidence (geometry) , emergency medicine , anesthesia , pediatrics , physical therapy , physics , receptor , optics , pharmacology
Long-acting opioids increase the risk of unintentional overdose deaths but also may increase mortality from cardiorespiratory and other causes.
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