High-Dose Opioid Use Among Veterans with Unexplained Gastrointestinal Symptoms Versus Structural Gastrointestinal Diagnoses.

Salva N BalbaleLishan CaoItishree TrivediJonah J StulbergKatie J SudaWalid F GelladCharlesnika T EvansBruce L LambertNeil JordanLaurie A Keefer

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2021)

A significant subset of chronic GI patients in the VA are high-dose opioid users. Efforts are needed to reduce high-dose use among Veterans with concurrent GI symptoms and diagnoses.

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