Long-term opioid use in curative-intent radiotherapy: One-Year outcomes in head/neck cancer patients.

Leif-Erik D SchumacherZoukaa B SargiMelissa MasforrollDeukwoo KwonWei ZhaoMaria A Rueda-LaraLaura M FreedmanNagy ElsayyadStuart E SamuelsMatthew C AbramowitzMichael A Samuels

Published in: Head & neck (2019)

Of note, 7.2% of patients developed long-term opioid use, which was associated with high maximum opioid dose and early initiation of opioids and/or psychotropics/non-opioid analgesics. Physicians cited medical indications as the primary reason for continued use.

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