Analysis of the clinical indications for opiate use in inflammatory bowel disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Opiate use for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly high-dose (HD) use, is associated with increased mortality. It's assumed that opiate use is directly related to IBD-related complaints, although this hasn't been well defined. Our goal was to determine the indications for opiate use as a first step in developing strategies to prevent or decrease opiate use.

Methods

A retrospective cohort was formed of adults who were diagnosed with IBD and for whom outpatient evaluations from 2009 to 2014 were documented. Opiate use was defined if opiates were prescribed for a minimum of 30 days over a 365-day period. Individual chart notes were then reviewed to determine the clinical indication(s) for low-dose (LD) and HD opiate use.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5323312 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature