Open AccessOpioid Doctor Shopping: A Rare Phenomenon Among Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Followed in Tertiary Care Settings
Author(s) -
JeanLuc Kaboré,
Ma Choinière,
Lise Dassieu,
Anaïs Lacasse,
M. Gabrielle Pagé
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s310580
Subject(s) - medicine , opioid , depression (economics) , chronic pain , anxiety , retrospective cohort study , medical prescription , pharmacy , cohort , psychiatry , family medicine , receptor , economics , pharmacology , macroeconomics
Opioid doctor shopping has not yet been investigated in patients followed in tertiary care settings. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of opioid doctor shopping among patients with chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) (ie, pain lasting ≥3 months) attending multidisciplinary pain clinics in Quebec, Canada.