Opioid use among 12 115 patients with early inflammatory arthritides compared to general population.

CONCLUSION: During 2009-15 in Finland, opioid use peaked just before the diagnosis of IA but decreased rapidly after that suggesting effective disease-control especially in seropositive RA. Further, opioids were used to treat arthritis pain of incident RA and UA patients less often than previously reported from other countries.
PMID: 31615910 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: J Rheumatol - October 14, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Paula M, Vappu R, Hannu K, Juhani VL, Kari P Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research