Physician Prescribing Patterns and Risk of Future Long-Term Opioid Use Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the extent to which opioid prescribing rates for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) vary in the US and to determine the implications of baseline opioid prescribing rates on the probability of future long-term opioid use.

Methods

We identified patients with RA from physicians who contributed ≥10 patients within the first 12 months of participation in the Corrona RA Registry. The baseline opioid prescribing rate was calculated by dividing the number of patients with RA reporting opioid use during the first 12 months by the number of patients with RA providing data that year. To estimate odds ratios (ORs) for long-term opioid use, we used generalized linear mixed models.

Results

During the follow-up period, long-term opioid use was reported by

SUBMITTER: Lee YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7329590 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature