Opioid attentional bias and cue-elicited craving predict future risk of prescription opioid misuse among chronic pain patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some chronic pain patients receiving long-term opioid analgesic pharmacotherapy are at risk for misusing opioids. Like other addictive behaviors, risk of opioid misuse may be signaled by an attentional bias (AB) towards drug-related cues. The purpose of this study was to examine opioid AB as a potential predictor of opioid misuse among chronic pain patients following behavioral treatment.

Methods

Chronic pain patients taking long-term opioid analgesics (n=47) completed a dot probe task designed to assess opioid AB, as well as self-report measures of opioid misuse and pain severity, and then participated in behavioral treatment. Regression analyses examined opioid AB and cue-elicited craving as predictors of opioid misuse at 3-month posttreatment follow-up.

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SUBMITTER: Garland EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4252536 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature