Opioid prescriptions in canadian workers' compensation claimants: prescription trends and associations between early prescription and future recovery

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 34; no. 5; p. 525
• Main Authors: Gross, Douglas P, Stephens, Brian, Bhambhani, Yagesh, Haykowsky, Mark, Bostick, Geoff P, Rashiq, Saifudin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2009
• Subjects: Adult; Alberta - epidemiology; Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use; Cohort Studies; Databases, Factual; Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Musculoskeletal Diseases - drug therapy; Musculoskeletal Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - drug therapy; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Pain - drug therapy; Pain - epidemiology; Recovery of Function; Workers' Compensation - statistics & numerical data; Workers' Compensation - trends; Alberta

Historical cohort study. We investigated the prescription of opioids in injured Canadian workers to determine recent trends in use and the association between early prescription and future recovery. Opioid analgesia is effective for reducing chronic nonmalignant pain, and opioid prescriptions for mu...