Cohort study finds nine times increased overdose risk (fatal plus non-fatal) in patients receiving 100 mg/day for 90 days compared with 1-20 mg/day opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, but wide CI and possibility of unmeasured confounders

Joel Simon Hochman; Joe Pergolizzi

doi:10.1136/ebn1062

Cohort study finds nine times increased overdose risk (fatal plus non-fatal) in patients receiving 100 mg/day for 90 days compared with 1-20 mg/day opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, but wide CI and possibility of unmeasured confounders

Joel Simon Hochman, Joe Pergolizzi

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	55-56
Number of pages	2
Journal	Evidence-based nursing
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn1062
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Cohort study finds nine times increased overdose risk (fatal plus non-fatal) in patients receiving 100 mg/day for 90 days compared with 1-20 mg/day opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, but wide CI and possibility of unmeasured confounders. / Hochman, Joel Simon; Pergolizzi, Joe.
In: Evidence-based nursing, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2010, p. 55-56.

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