Impact of Current Pain Status on Low-Barrier Buprenorphine Treatment Response Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder.
Kelly R PeckTaylor A OchalekJoanna M StreckGary J BadgerStacey C SigmonPublished in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) (2021)
Despite research suggesting that chronic pain may influence OUD treatment outcomes, participants with and without CNCP achieved similar rates of treatment retention and significant reductions in illicit opioid use and psychiatric symptomatology during low-barrier buprenorphine treatment.