Association of Long-term Opioid Therapy With Functional Status, Adverse Outcomes, and Mortality Among Patients With Polyneuropathy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Polyneuropathy is one of the most common painful conditions managed within general and specialty clinics. Neuropathic pain frequently leads to decisions about using long-term opioid therapy. Understanding the association of long-term opioid use with functional status, adverse outcomes, and mortality among patients with polyneuropathy could influence disease-specific decisions about opioid treatment.

Objectives

To quantify the prevalence of long-term opioid use among patients with polyneuropathy and to assess the association of long-term opioid use with functional status, adverse outcomes, and mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective population-based cohort study was conducted of prescriptions given to patients with polyneuropathy and to

SUBMITTER: Hoffman EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710534 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature