Pain interference and catastrophizing are not associated with polysubstance use among treatment-seeking patients with substance use disorders and chronic pain.

CONCLUSION: Pain interference and catastrophizing were not uniformly associated with polysubstance use, underscoring the need to examine other factors associated with polysubstance use in this population. However, men and those with alcohol use disorder might benefit from interventions targeting pain interference to reduce polysubstance use. PMID: 32529847 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32529847?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse - June 11, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Votaw VR, Witkiewitz K, Vowles KE, Weiss RD, Griffin ML, McHugh RK Tags: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse Source Type: research