Journal article
The impact of chronic pain on opioid addiction treatment: a systematic review protocol
Abstract
BackgroundThe consequences of opioid relapse among patients being treated with opioid substitution treatment (OST) are serious and can result in abnormal cardiovascular function, overdose, and mortality. Chronic pain is a major risk factor for opioid relapse within the addiction treatment setting. There exist a number of opioid maintenance therapies including methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone, and levomethadyl acetate (LAAM), of which the …
Authors
Dennis BB; Bawor M; Paul J; Varenbut M; Daiter J; Plater C; Pare G; Marsh DC; Worster A; Desai D
Journal
Systematic Reviews, Vol. 4, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2015
DOI
10.1186/s13643-015-0042-2
ISSN
2046-4053