To take or not to take: the association between perceived addiction risk, expected analgesic response and likelihood of trying novel pain relievers in self ‐identified chronic pain patients

ConclusionsIn the United States, self‐identified chronic pain patients (CPP) at higher risk for opioid misuse were more likely to report willingness to try a novel analgesic despite increasing addiction risk than CPP with low risk of opioid misuse.

Source: Addiction - August 10, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: D. Andrew Tompkins, Andrew S. Huhn, Patrick S. Johnson, Michael T. Smith, Eric C. Strain, Robert R. Edwards, Matthew W. Johnson Tags: Research Report Source Type: research