Abstracts tagged "opioids and spondylarthritis"

Abstract Number: 2446 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Opiate Use In Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis
John D. Reveille¹, Michael M. Ward², MinJae Lee³, Mohammad Rahbar⁴, Manouchehr Ardjomand-Hessabi⁵, Laura A. Diekman⁵, Matthew A. Brown⁶, Lianne S. Gensler⁷ and Michael H. Weisman⁸, ¹Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Bldg 10 CRC Rm 4-1339, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁵Rheumatology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁶Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ⁷Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁸Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Prescription opiates are commonly prescribed in patients with chronic pain, yet there is no evidence that these drugs ameliorate disease progression, and are associated with numerous…