ArticleJournal of addictive diseases2016
Risk factors for opioid overdose and awareness of overdose risk among veterans prescribed chronic opioids for addiction or pain.
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- Factors Associated with Initiation of Opioid Use in a US Department of Veterans Affairs Pain Clinic: A Retrospective Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
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- Naloxone Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Overdose Response Among Family Members of People who Misuse Opioids.Journal of community health · 2024Article
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- Association Between Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder and Mortality Risk.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Naloxone's role in the national opioid crisis-past struggles, current efforts, and future opportunities.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Impact of policy changes on the provision of naloxone by pharmacies in Ontario, Canada: a population-based time-series analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Article
- Trends in Urine Drug Monitoring Among Persons Receiving Long-Term Opioids and Persons with Opioid Use Disorder in the United States.Pain physician · 2021Article
- Modifying and Evaluating the Opioid Overdose Knowledge Scale for Prescription Opioids: A Pilot Study of the Rx-OOKS.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2020Article
- A History of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs in the United States: Political Appeal and Public Health Efficacy.American journal of public health · 2020Article
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- Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Medical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders Within the VA Healthcare System Following Non-Fatal Opioid Overdose.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Article
- Optimism and opioid misuse among justice-involved children.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
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Abstract
Rising overdose fatalities among U.S. veterans suggest veterans taking prescription opioids may be at risk for overdose. However, it is unclear whether veterans prescribed chronic opioids are aware of this risk. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors and determine awareness of risk for opioid overdose in veterans treated with opioids for chronic pain, using veterans treated with methadone or buprenorphine for opioid use disorder as a high-risk comparator group. In the current study, 90 veterans on chronic opioid medication, for either opioid use disorder or pain management, completed a questionnaire assessing risk factors, knowledge, and self-estimate of risk for overdose. Nearly all veterans in both groups had multiple overdose risk factors, although individuals in the pain management group had on average a significantly lower total number of risk factors than did individuals in the opioid use disorder group (5.9 versus 8.5, p < .0001). On average, participants treated for pain management scored slightly but significantly lower on knowledge of opioid overdose risk factors (12.1 versus 13.5, p < .01). About 70% of participants, regardless of group, believed their overdose risk was below that of the average American adult. There was no significant relationship between self-estimate of overdose risk and either number or knowledge of opioid overdose risk factors. Our results suggest that veterans in both groups underestimated their risk for opioid overdose. Expansion of overdose education to include individuals on chronic opioids for pain management and a shift in educational approaches to overdose prevention may be indicated.
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