ArticlePain management2018
Medication use among pediatric patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes at initial pain clinic evaluation.
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- Physical function and perceived pain following inpatient intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment for children and adolescents.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Physical function estimates change in pain following IIPT among children with chronic pain.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025Article
- Demographics, Diagnoses, Drugs, and Adjuvants in Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy vs. Intermittent Use in a Tertiary Pediatric Chronic Pain Clinic.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Quantifying the intensity of adverse events with ibuprofen and oxycodone: an observational cohort study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2022Observational
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Abstract
aimTo characterize medication use by adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes before an initial multidisciplinary clinic visit. PATIENTS &
methodsA cross-sectional sample of 120 adolescents and parents reported on standardized assessment measures, with medication use data extracted from the medical chart and categorized.
resultsOn average, 3.2 medications were reported; 70% used more than one pain-specific medication including opioids (17%), nonopioids (31%), psychotropics/neuropathics (45%) and other medications (13%). Adolescents with complex regional pain syndrome consistently reported greatest use of opioid, psychotropic/neuropathic and other pain medications. A regression model explained 17% of the variance in pain medication use. Nonpain medication use and disability contributed unique variance - pain duration and intensity did not.
conclusionGreater attention to factors contributing to prescriptive practices, medication use and long-term outcomes is warranted.
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