Open AccessMarijuana Use and Its Associations With Pain, Opioid Dose, and HIV Viral Suppression Among Persons Living With HIV on Chronic Opioid Therapy
Author(s) -
Jessica S. Merlin,
Jeffrey H. Samet,
Debbie M. Cheng,
Marlene C. Lira,
Judith I. Tsui,
Leah S Forman,
Jonathan Colasanti,
Alexander Y. Walley,
Carlos del Rı́o,
Jane M. Liebschutz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002119
Subject(s) - medicine , opioid , chronic pain , odds ratio , odds , opioid use disorder , young adult , cohort , heroin , logistic regression , psychiatry , drug , receptor
Medical marijuana is legal in 29 US states and the District of Columbia: both HIV and chronic pain are "approved conditions" for receipt. Chronic pain is common among people living with HIV (PLWH). We anticipate PLWH will question their providers about medical marijuana for chronic pain. We examined marijuana use and its associations with pain, opioid dose, and HIV viral suppression among PLWH receiving chronic opioid therapy.