Risk Factors for Serious Prescription Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression or Overdose: Comparison of Commercially Insured and Veterans Health Affairs Populations.

Authors

• Pramit Nadpara, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Andrew R. Joyce, Venebio Group, LLC
• E. Lenn Murrelle, Venebio Group, LLC
• Nathan W. Carroll, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Norman Carroll, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Marie Barnard, University of Mississippi
• Barbara K. Zedler, Venebio Group, LLC

Department

Pharmacy

Document Type

Article

DOI

10.1093/pm/pnx038

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Abstract

To characterize the risk factors associated with overdose or serious opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) among medical users of prescription opioids in a commercially insured population (CIP) and to compare risk factor profiles between the CIP and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) population.

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journal article

Recommended Citation

Nadpara, P. A., Joyce, A. R., Murrelle, E. L., Carroll, N. W., Carroll, N. V., Barnard, M., & Zedler, B. K. (2017). Risk Factors for Serious Prescription Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression or Overdose: Comparison of Commercially Insured and Veterans Health Affairs Populations. Pain Medicine, 19(1), 79–96. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnx038

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