Opioid Overdose History, Risk Behaviors, and Knowledge in Patients Taking Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Pain | Zendy

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Opioid Overdose History, Risk Behaviors, and Knowledge in Patients Taking Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Pain

Author(s) -

Kelly E. Dunn,

Frederick S. Barrett,

Michael Fingerhood,

George E. Bigelow

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1526-4637

pISSN - 1526-2375

DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnw228

Subject(s) - medicine , opioid overdose , opioid , (+) naloxone , medical prescription , drug overdose , opioid use disorder , chronic pain , poison control , anesthesia , psychiatry , emergency medicine , pharmacology , receptor

More than 100 million adults in the United States experience chronic pain, and prescription opioids are the third most widely prescribed class of medications. Current opioid overdose prevention efforts almost exclusively target illicit opioid users, and little is known about the experience of overdose among patients being treated for chronic pain (CP) with a prescription opioid.

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