Psychiatric Comorbidity Does Not Enhance Prescription Opioid Use in Inflammatory Bowel Disease as It Does in the General Population.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Little is known about patterns of opioid prescribing in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but pain is common in persons with IBD. We estimated the incidence and prevalence of opioid use in adults with IBD and an unaffected reference cohort and assessed factors that modified opioid use.

Methods

Using population-based health administrative data from Manitoba, Canada, we identified 5233 persons with incident IBD and 26 150 persons without IBD matched 5:1 on sex, birth year, and region from 1997 to 2016. New and prevalent opioid prescription dispensations were quantified, and patterns related to duration of use were identified. Generalized linear models were used to test the association between IBD, psychiatric comorbidity, and opioid use adjusting for sociodemograp

SUBMITTER: Bernstein CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11808568 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature