Differences in Characteristics and Downstream Drug Use Among Opioid-Naïve and Prior Opioid Users with Low Back Pain.

Lindsay A DiMarcoBenjamin C RamgerGregory P HowellAli M SerraniDeborah L GivensDaniel I RhonChad E Cook

Published in: Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain (2018)

In patients presenting with LBP, prior opioid exposure appears to be related to increased analgesic use (opioid and non-opioid) and longitudinal analgesic utilization at 1 year after the index date.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
cross sectional
anti inflammatory
spinal cord
drug induced