ArticleJournal of palliative care2015
Pain Symptoms Associated with Opioid Use among Vulnerable Persons with HIV: An exploratory study with implications for palliative care and opioid abuse prevention.
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- Pooled it
- The Skills to Manage Pain Randomized Trial: Results of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence, HIV Primary Care Retention, and Virologic Suppression Outcomes.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Trial
- Toward Safer Opioid Prescribing in HIV care (TOWER): a mixed-methods, cluster-randomized trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Trial
- Palliative care for patients with a substance use disorder and multiple problems: a study protocol.BMC palliative care · 2018Trial
- Palliative care for people with substance use disorders: a qualitative study of the experiences of rural primary care providers.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Characteristics and clinical challenges in patients with substance use disorder in palliative care-experience from a tertiary center in a high-income country.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Article
- Improving functioning in HIV+ patients with chronic pain and comorbid depression: Protocol for a randomized clinical trial testing a collaborative behavioral health intervention based on behavioral activation.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- An ethical exploration of the narratives surrounding substance use and pain management at the end of life: a discussion paper.Nursing ethics · 2020Article
- Decreasing risk among HIV patients on opioid therapy for chronic pain: Development of the TOWER intervention for HIV care providers.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2019Article
- Prescription drug use and misuse in a cohort of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Baltimore.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Psychosocial and Service Use Correlates of Health-Related Quality of Life Among a Vulnerable Population Living with HIV/AIDS.AIDS and behavior · 2017Article
- Pain and Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Infected Persons in St. Petersburg, Russia.AIDS and behavior · 2017Article
- The role of chronic pain and current substance use in predicting negative social support among disadvantaged persons living with HIV/AIDS.AIDS care · 2016Article
- Chronic Pain in HIV.Molecular painReview
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Abstract
Current or former injection drug users with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at high risk for pain, which adversely affects their quality of life and may increase their risk for illicit drug use or relapse. We explored associations between pain symptoms and substance use among injection-drug-using study participants with HIV who had histories of heroin use. Using generalized estimating equations and controlling for prior substance use, we found that pain in each six-month period was associated with the use of heroin and prescription opioids, but not the use of nonopioid drugs or alcohol. Routine clinical assessment and improved management of pain symptoms may be needed for persons with HIV and a history of injection drug use, particularly those with chronic pain, for whom there is increased risk for heroin use.
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