Login / Signup

Do Urine Drug Tests Reveal Substance Misuse Among Patients Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Pain?

Marc R LaRochelleRicardo CruzSarah KosakowskiDoug L GourlayDaniel P AlfordZiming XuanErin E KrebsShapei YanKaren E LasserJeffrey H SametJane M Liebschutz
Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2021)
Expert adjudication of UDT results identified clinical concern for substance misuse in 37% of patients receiving opioids for chronic pain. Further research is needed to determine if UDTs impact clinical practice or patient-related outcomes.
Keyphrases
  • chronic pain
  • clinical practice
  • pain management
  • case report
  • genome wide
  • single cell
  • drug induced
  • adverse drug
  • dna methylation
  • insulin resistance
  • weight loss