Changing Trends in Opioid Use Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in the United States

ConclusionIn the US, opioid use in older patients with RA peaked in 2010 and is now declining slightly. Withdrawal of propoxyphene from the US market in 2010 had minimal effect on overall opioid use, because use of propoxyphene was replaced by increased use of other opioids.

Source: Arthritis and Rheumatism - August 13, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Jeffrey R. Curtis, Fenglong Xie, Christian Smith, Kenneth G. Saag, Lang Chen, Timothy Beukelman, Melissa Mannion, Huifeng Yun, Stefan Kertesz Tags: Full Length Source Type: research