| Literature DB >> 23480249 |
Anne M Neumann1, Richard D Blondell, Urmo Jaanimägi, Amanda K Giambrone, Gregory G Homish, Jacqueline R Lozano, Urszula Kowalik, Mohammadreza Azadfard.
Abstract
Patients with opioid addiction who receive prescription opioids for treatment of nonmalignant chronic pain present a therapeutic challenge. Fifty-four participants with chronic pain and opioid addiction were randomized to receive methadone or buprenorphine/naloxone. At the 6-month follow-up examination, 26 (48.1%) participants who remained in the study noted a 12.75% reduction in pain (P = 0.043), and no participants in the methadone group compared to 5 in the buprenorphine group reported illicit opioid use (P = 0.039). Other differences between the two conditions were not found. Long-term, low-dose methadone or buprenorphine/naloxone treatment produced analgesia in participants with chronic pain and opioid addiction.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23480249 PMCID: PMC3604999 DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2012.759872
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Addict Dis ISSN: 1055-0887