Predictive factors of daily opioid use and quality of life in adults with sickle cell disease

Matthew S. Karafin, Arun K. Singavi, Jawad Hussain, Nancy J. Wandersee, Thomas Heinrich, Robert W. Hurley, Liyun Zhang, Pippa Simpson, Joshua J. Field

Hematology · 2018 · 30 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

Higher daily opioid dose is associated with chronic pain. Among those with chronic pain, opioid dose ≥ 90 MME is associated with worse HRQOL.

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