Back pain affects most adults, causes disability for some, and is a common reason for
seeking healthcare. In the United States, opioid prescription for low back pain has …

The purpose of this comprehensive review is to describe various aspects of crisis of opioid
use in the United States. The obstacles that must be surmounted are primarily inappropriate …

Background: Opioid use, abuse, and adverse consequences, including death, have
escalated at an alarming rate since the 1990s. In an attempt to control opioid abuse …

Context Back and neck problems are among the symptoms most commonly encountered in
clinical practice. However, few studies have examined national trends in expenditures for …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Chronic opioid therapy for chronic pain treatment has
increased. Hospital physicians, including hospitalists and medical/surgical resident …

Chronic back pain is among the most common patient complaints. Its prevalence and impact
have spawned a rapidly expanding range of tests and treatments. Some of these have …

Objective To report trends and characteristics of long‐term opioid use for non‐cancer pain.
Methods CONSORT (CONsortium to Study Opioid Risks and Trends) includes adult …

Estimates of geographic variation among states and counties in the prevalence of opioid
prescribing are developed using data from a large (135 million) representative national …

Background This study evaluated the prescribing trends of four commonly prescribed strong
opioids in primary care and explored utilization in non‐cancer and cancer users. Methods …

Apaucity of data exists regarding the use of opioids during preg-nancy. This study defined
the prevalence and patterns of opioid use in a large cohort of pregnant women who were …