Opioids
Narcotics, or opioids, are often used to treat pain, including pain associated with work injuries. Yet, abuse of these painkillers has resulted in such a large increase in hospitalizations and deaths that the situation is called an “opioid epidemic.” IWH research looks at optimal opioid prescribing practices for physicians, as well as the use and effects of opioids related to the treatment of work-related injuries in particular.
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Development and testing of an opioid tapering self-management intervention for chronic pain: I-WOTCH
Published: BMJ Open, March 2022
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Opioid safety recommendations in adult palliative medicine: a North American Delphi expert consensus
Published: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, January 2022
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Assessment tools for problematic opioid use in palliative care: a scoping review
Published: Palliative Medicine, May 2021
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Changes in early high-risk opioid prescribing practices after policy interventions in Washington State
Published: Health Services Research, February 2021
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Patterns and correlates of workplace and non-workplace cannabis use among Canadian workers before the legalization of non-medical cannabis
Published: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, January 2021
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Self-reported practices in opioid management of chronic noncancer pain: an updated survey of Canadian family physicians
Published: Journal of Clinical Medicine, October 2020
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Cannabis use and work-related injuries: a cross-sectional analysis
Published: Occupational Medicine, October 2020
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Tracking opioid prescribing metrics in Washington state (2012-2017): differences by county-level urban-rural and economic distress classifications
Published: Journal of Rural Health, October 2020
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Factors associated with early opioid dispensing compared with NSAID and muscle relaxant dispensing after a work-related low back injury
Published: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, July 2020