Association between discontinuing chronic opioid therapy and newly diagnosed substance use disorders, accidents, self-inflicted injuries and drug overdoses within the prescribers' health care system: a retrospective cohort study.

Corey J Hayes Erin E Krebs Chenghui Li Joshua D Brown Teresa Hudson Bradley C Martin

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2021)

Discontinuing patients from chronic opioid therapy appears to be associated with decreased diagnoses for opioid-related adverse outcomes. The association with substance use disorders appears to be inconclusive.

Keyphrases

newly diagnosed
chronic pain
pain management
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
drug induced
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
emergency department
mesenchymal stem cells
patient reported outcomes
cell therapy
replacement therapy
smoking cessation