Pain is not associated with worse office-based buprenorphine treatment outcomes

Aaron D. Fox; Nancy L. Sohler; Joanna L. Starrels; Yuming Ning; Angela Giovanniello; Chinazo O. Cunningham

doi:10.1080/08897077.2011.638734

Pain is not associated with worse office-based buprenorphine treatment outcomes

Aaron D. Fox, Nancy L. Sohler, Joanna L. Starrels, Yuming Ning, Angela Giovanniello, Chinazo O. Cunningham

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Abstract

Physical pain is common among individuals seeking treatment for opioid dependence. Pain may negatively impact addiction treatment. The authors prospectively studied opioid-dependent individuals initiating office-based buprenorphine treatment, comparing buprenorphine treatment outcomes (treatment retention and opioid use) among participants with and without pain (baseline pain or persistent pain). Among 82 participants, 60% reported baseline pain and 38% reported persistent pain. Overall, treatment retention was 56% and opioid use decreased from 89% to 26% over 6 months. In multivariable analyses, the authors found no association between pain and buprenorphine treatment outcomes. Opioid-dependent individuals with and without pain can achieve similar success with buprenorphine treatment.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	638734
Pages (from-to)	361-365
Number of pages	5
Journal	Substance Abuse
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2011.638734
State	Published - Oct 1 2012

Keywords

Buprenorphine
chronic pain
opioid dependence

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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