Abstracts tagged "Opioids and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 199 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Obesity and Incident Opioid Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, Sofia Pedro ² and Kaleb Michaud ³, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Prevalent chronic use of opioids approximately 17% among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has increased over the last decade.(1) Obesity may be a…
Abstract Number: 2783 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Medications Associated with Osteoporotic Fracture Risk in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gulsen Ozen¹, Sofia Pedro², Frederick Wolfe² and Kaleb Michaud¹, ¹Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS
Background/Purpose: Osteoporotic (OP) fractures are a major cause of disability, cost, and mortality in RA. Besides increased OP fracture risk, chronic inflammation and pain predispose…
Abstract Number: 3086 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changing Patterns over Time in Opiate Use in U.S. Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Fenglong Xie², Kenneth Saag³, Lang Chen², Timothy Beukelman⁴, Melissa Mannion⁵ and Huifeng Yun⁶, ¹Division Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Opiate use has come under increasing scrutiny related both to over-use and under-use. The patterns of opiate use over time in a population-based cohort…