Abstracts tagged "analgesics and Chronic pain"

Abstract Number: 913 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Depression as a Moderator of Analgesic Effectiveness in Knee Osteoarthritis
Alan Rathbun¹, Michelle Shardell ², Joseph Gallo ³, Alice Ryan ¹, Elizabeth Stuart ³, Megan Schuler ⁴, Michelle Yau ⁵ and Marc C. Hochberg ¹, ¹University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ⁴RAND Corporation, Boston, MA, ⁵Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Depression often accompanies knee osteoarthritis (OA), exacerbating the severity and persistence of pain, and may negatively affect clinical outcomes associated with analgesic treatment. This…