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Selecting the Appropriate Patient for Opioid Therapy: Risk Assessment and Treatment Strategies for Gynecologic Pain. Clin Obstet Gynecol 2019; 62:48-58. [DOI: 10.1097/grf.0000000000000411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zhou C, Yu NN, Losby JL. The Association Between Local Economic Conditions and Opioid Prescriptions Among Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries. Med Care 2018; 56:62-68. [PMID: 29227444 PMCID: PMC6300050 DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND This paper concerns public health crises today-the problem of opioid prescription access and related abuse. Inspired by Case and Deaton's seminal work on increasing mortality among white Americans with lower education, this paper explores the relationship between opioid prescribing and local economic factors. OBJECTIVE We examined the association between county-level socioeconomic factors (median household income, unemployment rate, Gini index) and opioid prescribing. SUBJECTS We used the complete 2014 Medicare enrollment and part D drug prescription data from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to study opioid prescriptions of disabled Medicare beneficiaries without record of cancer treatment, palliative care, or end-of-life care. MEASURES AND RESEARCH DESIGN We summarized the demographic and geographic variation, and investigated how the local economic environment, measured by county median household income, unemployment rate, Gini index, and urban-rural classification correlated with various measures of individual opioid prescriptions. Measures included number of filled opioid prescriptions, total days' supply, average morphine milligram equivalent (MME)/day, and annual total MME dosage. To assess the robustness of the results, we controlled for individual and other county characteristics, used multiple estimation methods including linear least squares, logistic regression, and Tobit regression. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Lower county median household income, higher unemployment rates, and less income inequality were consistently associated with more and higher MME opioid prescriptions among disabled Medicare beneficiaries. Geographically, we found that the urban-rural divide was not gradual and that beneficiaries in large central metro counties were less likely to have an opioid prescription than those living in other areas.
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- Chao Zhou
- Health Care Cost Institute, Washington, DC
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- Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Nicholas MK, Blyth FM. Are self-management strategies effective in chronic pain treatment? Pain Manag 2015; 6:75-88. [PMID: 26678703 DOI: 10.2217/pmt.15.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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It has long been recognized that in the management of chronic illnesses generally, medical care alone is unlikely to be sufficient without the active contribution of the patient. This perspective has also been enunciated in numerous guidelines for the management of chronic pain. However, in the case of chronic pain at least, the nature and role of self-management have been poorly defined and, as a result, poorly understood and researched. This review considers the nature of self-management strategies for chronic pain, evidence of their effectiveness and ways in which self-management can be facilitated for those in chronic pain. A research and training agenda is proposed for where this work could go next.
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- Michael K Nicholas
- Pain Management Research Institute, Sydney Medical School-Northern, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
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- Concord Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia
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Male chronic pelvic pain syndrome and the role of interdisciplinary pain management. World J Urol 2013; 31:779-84. [DOI: 10.1007/s00345-013-1083-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Merlin JS, Childers J, Arnold RM. Chronic Pain in the Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2012; 30:197-203. [DOI: 10.1177/1049909112443587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Chronic pain is common. Many patients with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses have chronic pain that is related to their disease, and some have comorbid chronic nonmalignant chronic pain. As palliative care continues to move upstream and outpatient palliative care programs develop, palliative care clinicians will be called upon to treat chronic pain. Chronic pain differs from acute pain in the setting of advanced disease and a short prognosis in terms of its etiology, comorbidities—especially psychiatric illness and substance abuse—and management. To successfully care for these patients, palliative care providers will need to learn new clinical competencies. This article will review chronic pain management core competencies for palliative care providers.
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- Jessica S. Merlin
- Department of Medicine, Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham (JSM), Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (JC, RMA), Pittsburgh, PA USA
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- Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (JC, RMA), Pittsburgh, PA USA
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Summers KH, Puenpatom RA, Rajan N, Ben-Joseph R, Ohsfeldt R. Economic impact of potential drug-drug interactions in opioid analgesics. J Med Econ 2011; 14:390-6. [PMID: 21574905 DOI: 10.3111/13696998.2011.583302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Patients managing chronic non-cancer pain with cytochrome P450 (CYP450)-metabolized opioid analgesics who concurrently take another CYP450-metabolized medication experience a drug-drug exposure (DDE), which puts them at risk for a pharmacokinetic drug-drug interaction (PK DDI). This study examined the economic impact of incident DDEs with the potential to cause PK DDIs compared to similar patients without such exposure. STUDY DESIGN This retrospective analysis used paid claims from a large, commercially insured population during January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2008. METHODS Propensity matching was used to control for baseline differences in comparisons between 85,043 exposed and 85,043 non-exposed patients. RESULTS Comparisons yielded mean total costs 6 months after the DDEs that were significantly higher in subjects with DDE versus matched subjects without DDE [$8165 (SD $11,357) vs. $7498 (SD $11,668), respectively, p<0.01] resulting in a difference of $667. This was driven by medical costs [$5520 (SD $10,505) vs. $5222 (SD $10,689), respectively, p<0.01] a $298 difference, and total prescription costs [$2646 (SD $3262) vs. $2276 (SD $3907), respectively, p<0.01] a $369 difference. LIMITATIONS The study design demonstrates associations only and cannot establish causal relationships. Further, relevant DDEs were not included if concurrent consumption occurred outside the index period and when CYP450 substances were consumed that are not reflected in pharmacy claims (herbals, over-the-counter medications). CONCLUSION Since concurrent exposure to DDEs with the potential to cause PK DDIs may be relatively common, policy decisions-makers should consider the use of long-acting opioids that are not metabolized through the CYP450 pathway.
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- Kent H Summers
- Department of Health Outcomes and Pharmacoeconomics (HOPE), Endo Pharmaceuticals, 100 Endo Boulevard, Chadds Ford, PA 19317, USA.
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Phelan SM, van Ryn M, Wall M, Burgess D. Understanding primary care physicians' treatment of chronic low back pain: the role of physician and practice factors. PAIN MEDICINE 2010; 10:1270-9. [PMID: 19818037 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00717.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND An increasing number of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom veterans experience chronic pain. Despite treatment guidelines, there is wide variation in physicians' approaches to pain treatment, and many physicians are unsure of the best treatment approach. Research has examined factors associated with opioid prescribing, but there is little information on physician characteristics that predict patterns of clinical responses to pain. OBJECTIVES To identify patterns in primary care physicians' treatment decisions for nonmalignant chronic pain, and identify physician and practice characteristics that predict treatment decision patterns. METHODS A national sample of 381 primary care physicians who responded to a mailed vignette involving a veteran with chronic low back pain (LBP) were categorized into latent classes by clinical actions taken to treat the pain. The associations between newly derived treatment patterns and physician and practice characteristics were examined with multivariate models. RESULTS Latent class analysis identified three treatment approaches: 1) Multimodal/Aggressive (14%); 2) Low Action (38%); and 3) Psychosocial/Non-Opioid (48%). In a multivariate model, treatment pattern was associated with demographic and personality factors; opioid-related attitudes, beliefs, and concerns; perceptions of the patient; availability of resources; and practice characteristics. CONCLUSIONS There may be distinct patterns in primary care physicians' responses to patients with chronic pain. Relatively few physicians use the multimodal approach endorsed by proponents of the biopsychosocial model of pain treatment. Several physician and practice characteristics predict patterns of clinical action.
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- Sean M Phelan
- Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA.
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Interventional therapies, surgery, and interdisciplinary rehabilitation for low back pain: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline from the American Pain Society. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2009; 34:1066-77. [PMID: 19363457 DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3181a1390d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 357] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Clinical practice guideline. OBJECTIVE To develop evidence-based recommendations on use of interventional diagnostic tests and therapies, surgeries, and interdisciplinary rehabilitation for low back pain of any duration, with or without leg pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Management of patients with persistent and disabling low back pain remains a clinical challenge. A number of interventional diagnostic tests and therapies and surgery are available and their use is increasing, but in some cases their utility remains uncertain or controversial. Interdisciplinary rehabilitation has also been proposed as a potentially effective noninvasive intervention for persistent and disabling low back pain. METHODS A multidisciplinary panel was convened by the American Pain Society. Its recommendations were based on a systematic review that focused on evidence from randomized controlled trials. Recommendations were graded using methods adapted from the US Preventive Services Task Force and the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation Working Group. RESULTS Investigators reviewed 3348 abstracts. A total of 161 randomized trials were deemed relevant to the recommendations in this guideline. The panel developed a total of 8 recommendations. CONCLUSION Recommendations on use of interventional diagnostic tests and therapies, surgery, and interdisciplinary rehabilitation are presented. Due to important trade-offs between potential benefits, harms, costs, and burdens of alternative therapies, shared decision-making is an important component of a number of the recommendations.
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Clinical guidelines for the use of chronic opioid therapy in chronic noncancer pain. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2009; 10:113-30. [PMID: 19187889 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1444] [Impact Index Per Article: 96.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2008] [Revised: 10/28/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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UNLABELLED Use of chronic opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain has increased substantially. The American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine commissioned a systematic review of the evidence on chronic opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain and convened a multidisciplinary expert panel to review the evidence and formulate recommendations. Although evidence is limited, the expert panel concluded that chronic opioid therapy can be an effective therapy for carefully selected and monitored patients with chronic noncancer pain. However, opioids are also associated with potentially serious harms, including opioid-related adverse effects and outcomes related to the abuse potential of opioids. The recommendations presented in this document provide guidance on patient selection and risk stratification; informed consent and opioid management plans; initiation and titration of chronic opioid therapy; use of methadone; monitoring of patients on chronic opioid therapy; dose escalations, high-dose opioid therapy, opioid rotation, and indications for discontinuation of therapy; prevention and management of opioid-related adverse effects; driving and work safety; identifying a medical home and when to obtain consultation; management of breakthrough pain; chronic opioid therapy in pregnancy; and opioid-related policies. PERSPECTIVE Safe and effective chronic opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain requires clinical skills and knowledge in both the principles of opioid prescribing and on the assessment and management of risks associated with opioid abuse, addiction, and diversion. Although evidence is limited in many areas related to use of opioids for chronic noncancer pain, this guideline provides recommendations developed by a multidisciplinary expert panel after a systematic review of the evidence.
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OBJECTIVE Over a decade ago, Jamison noted the lack of studies that identify patient profiles or specific groups that might be best suited for opioid treatment of chronic noncancer pain. METHODS This paper reviews the studies that provide evidence for individual differences in opioid analgesia for chronic noncancer pain. RESULTS What we have found is that few investigations have addressed these important aspects of pain treatment. The most consistent finding is that depression and anxiety are associated with increased risk for drug abuse and decreased opioid efficacy. DISCUSSION The question remains whether the psychologic disorders antedated the pain condition or whether the experience of chronic pain exerts psychologic pressures that cause changes in behavior and psychologic processes. Additionally, the overall pattern suggests that younger age is predictive of opioid abuse and greater opioid efficacy. We also present a brief review of biologic mechanisms that support individual differences on opioid analgesia.
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Fishbain DA, Cole B, Lewis J, Rosomoff HL, Rosomoff RS. What percentage of chronic nonmalignant pain patients exposed to chronic opioid analgesic therapy develop abuse/addiction and/or aberrant drug-related behaviors? A structured evidence-based review. PAIN MEDICINE (MALDEN, MASS.) 2008; 9:444-59. [PMID: 18489635 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00370.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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DESIGN This is a structured evidence-based review of all available studies on the development of abuse/addiction and aberrant drug-related behaviors (ADRBs) in chronic pain patients (CPPs) with nonmalignant pain on exposure to chronic opioid analgesic therapy (COAT). OBJECTIVES To determine what percentage of CPPs develop abuse/addiction and/or ADRBs on COAT exposure. METHOD Computer and manual literature searches yielded 79 references that addressed this area of study. Twelve of the studies were excluded from detailed review based on exclusion criteria important to this area. Sixty-seven studies were reviewed in detail and sorted according to whether they reported percentages of CPPs developing abuse/addiction or developing ADRBs, or percentages diagnosed with alcohol/illicit drug use as determined by urine toxicology. Study characteristics were abstracted into tabular form, and each report was characterized according to the type of study it represented based on the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Guidelines. Each study was independently evaluated by two raters according to 12 quality criteria and a quality score calculated. Studies were not utilized in the calculations unless their quality score (utilizing both raters) was greater than 65%. Within each of the above study groupings, the total number of CPPs exposed to opioids on COAT treatment was calculated. Similarly, the total number of CPPs in each grouping demonstrating abuse/addiction, ADRBs, or alcohol/illicit drug use was also calculated. Finally, a percentage for each of these behaviors was calculated in each grouping, utilizing the total number of CPPs exposed to opioids in each grouping. RESULTS All 67 reports had quality scores greater than 65%. For the abuse/addiction grouping there were 24 studies with 2,507 CPPs exposed for a calculated abuse/addiction rate of 3.27%. Within this grouping for those studies that had preselected CPPs for COAT exposure for no previous or current history of abuse/addiction, the percentage of abuse/addiction was calculated at 0.19%. For the ADRB grouping, there were 17 studies with 2,466 CPPs exposed and a calculated ADRB rate of 11.5%. Within this grouping for preselected CPPs (as above), the percentage of ADRBs was calculated at 0.59%. In the urine toxicology grouping, there were five studies (15,442 CPPs exposed). Here, 20.4% of the CPPs had no prescribed opioid in urine and/or a nonprescribed opioid in urine. For five studies (1,965 CPPs exposed), illicit drugs were found in 14.5%. CONCLUSION The results of this evidence-based structured review indicate that COAT exposure will lead to abuse/addiction in a small percentage of CPPs, but a larger percentage will demonstrate ADRBs and illicit drug use. These percentages appear to be much less if CPPs are preselected for the absence of a current or past history of alcohol/illicit drug use or abuse/addiction.
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- David A Fishbain
- Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Interstitial cystitis remains an idiopathic illness characterized by urinary frequency, urgency and pelvic pain with substantial morbidity in those affected. There is significant variability in the presentation, severity of symptoms and response to therapy. This review focuses on recent findings on the possible pathogenesis and potential treatments for this disease. RECENT FINDINGS Interstitial cystitis is manifested by sensory hypersensitivity. A small volume of urine will be associated with an exaggerated sensation of pain or pressure and urinary urgency. There is continued research regarding how this process is initiated and maintained and to what extent systemic dysfunction of the immune or autonomic nervous system may play a role. The urothelial lining has been demonstrated to be capable of secreting a large number of potential signaling molecules that may be significant factors in the disease. SUMMARY The pathogenesis of interstitial cystitis remains uncertain and the illness has significant diversity. Additional research is needed to establish subtypes that share common processes that can be targeted for treatment as a single effective therapy for the condition remains elusive.
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- Robert Mayer
- Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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Laser literature watch. Photomed Laser Surg 2006; 24:424-53. [PMID: 16875454 DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.24.424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Molloy AR, Nicholas MK, Asghari A, Beeston LR, Dehghani M, Cousins MJ, Brooker C, Tonkin L. Does a Combination of Intensive Cognitive-Behavioral Pain Management and a Spinal Implantable Device Confer any Advantage? A Preliminary Examination. Pain Pract 2006; 6:96-103. [PMID: 17309716 DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2006.00069.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Research suggests that a combination of a somatic and a psychosocial intervention for chronic noncancer pain should be associated with a better outcome than either alone. This study presents data on a series of 31 patients who underwent sequential treatment with an implantable device targeting pain relief and a cognitive-behavioral pain management program that targeted improved function. A combination of treatments was used as there was a suboptimal response to the initial treatment. There were improvements in a range of outcomes at a long-term follow-up. Significant improvements were found in disability, affective distress, self-efficacy, and catastrophizing, but not in average pain severity. Further analyses failed to demonstrate an order effect. These results support the view that combined somatic and psychosocial interventions can achieve better outcomes than either alone in selected chronic pain patients. This approach requires that psychological assessment is essential before the use of an implantable device. This may not only improve patient selection, but also identify psychosocial factors that may be modified to enhance the effectiveness of invasive interventions. In addition, consideration for an implantable device following a suboptimal response to treatment in a cognitive-behavioral pain management program should include a re-evaluation of the patients' beliefs and use of self-management (coping) strategies before deciding on further treatment options.
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- Allan R Molloy
- The University of Sydney Pain Management and Research Center, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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