Treatment changes following aberrant urine drug test results for patients prescribed chronic opioid therapy

• Published in: Journal of opioid management Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 45
• Main Authors: Morasco, Benjamin J, Krebs, Erin E, Cavanagh, Renee, Hyde, Stephanie, Crain, Aysha, Dobscha, Steven K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Biomarkers - urine; Chronic Pain - diagnosis; Chronic Pain - drug therapy; Chronic Pain - urine; Drug Monitoring - methods; Drug Substitution; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Narcotic Antagonists - therapeutic use; Narcotic Antagonists - urine; Opioid-Related Disorders - diagnosis; Opioid-Related Disorders - urine; Predictive Value of Tests; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Substance Abuse Detection - methods; United States; United States Department of Veterans Affairs; Urinalysis; United States

Urine drug testing (UDT) may be used to help screen for prescription opioid misuse. There are little data available describing usual pain care practices for patients who have aberrant UDT results. The goal of this research was to evaluate the clinical care for patients prescribed chronic opioid ther...