Abstracts tagged "SLE and opioids"

Abstract Number: 2998 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Opioid Use Among SLE Patients and Controls in the Population-Based Michigan Lupus Epidemiology & Surveillance (MILES) Cohort
Jiha Lee¹, Amrita Padda², Wendy Marder³, Siobán Harlow⁴, Afton L. Hassett⁵, Suzanna Zick⁶, Charles G. Helmick⁷, Kamil E. Barbour⁷, Caroline Gordon⁸, Deeba Minhas³, W. Joseph McCune³ and Emily C. Somers³, ¹Rheumatology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Epidemiology Department- School of Public Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology- Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Arthritis Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁸Rheumatology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: SLE patients frequently experience pain. Opioid use for the management of chronic pain has been associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare resource utilization.…
Abstract Number: 190 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Opioid Dispensation Among Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients Who Persistently Frequent the Emergency Department (ED)
Jiha Lee¹, Lisa Gale Suter^2,3 and Liana Fraenkel^3,4, ¹Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, New Haven, CT, ²Medicine, Rheumatol., TAC S541, Rheumatology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, New Haven, CT, ³Rheumatology, Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, New Haven, CT, ⁴Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Rheumatology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Patients who persistently frequent the ED are more likely to be prescribed opioids for pain, and opioid initiation in the ED has been found…