To describe the characteristics of chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) patients taking oxycodone or its derivatives in a rural teaching practice.
Characteristics of CNCP patients taking oxycodone over a 5-year period (September 2003 to September 2008) were compared with those of patients not taking opioid medications using a retrospective chart audit.
A rural teaching practice in southwestern Ontario.
A total of 103 patients taking chronic oxycodone therapy for CNCP and a random sample of 104 patients not taking opioid medication.
Number of visits, health problems, sex, and previous history of addiction and mental illness.
Patients with CNCP taking oxycodone had significantly more health problems (P
Notes
Cites: J Fam Pract. 2001 Feb;50(2):145-5111219563
Cites: J Gen Intern Med. 2002 Mar;17(3):173-911929502
Cites: Pain Res Manag. 2003 Winter;8(4):189-9414679412
Cites: Pain. 1999 Jul;82(1):89-9610422664
Cites: Pain Res Manag. 2004 Winter;9(4):195-20115605133
Cites: Open Med. 2011;5(1):e13-2222046214
Cites: BMC Health Serv Res. 2006;6:4616595013
Cites: Curr Med Res Opin. 2006 Sep;22(9):1859-6516968589
Cites: Pain Res Manag. 2006 Winter;11(4):225-3317149455
Cites: Pain Res Manag. 2007 Summer;12(2):93-917505570