Opioid and Polydrug Use Among Patients in Opioid Maintenance Treatment.

Siv-Elin Leirvaag CarlsenLinn-Heidi LundeTorbjørn Torsheim

Published in: Substance abuse and rehabilitation (2020)

Opioid maintenance treatment is associated with lowered opioid use, but to a lesser degree with polydrug use. Our findings add quality of life as an important factor that should be given particular attention because it can offer insight to aspects that can affect the patients' opioid use.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
smoking cessation