• Pain Med · Jun 2003

    Treating pain patients at risk: evaluation of a screening tool in opioid-treated pain patients with and without addiction.

    • Robert Friedman, Victor Li, and Deepak Mehrotra.
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. DrRFriedman@aol.com
    • Pain Med. 2003 Jun 1; 4 (2): 182-5.

    AbstractPatients receiving opioid treatment for chronic pain, many of whom were hospitalized with medical complications of substance abuse, were asked to complete a screening questionnaire to help validate a simple self-administered survey. Questions relating to tobacco abuse and prior treatment for drug and alcohol abuse distinguished patients with addiction and pain from opioid-treated chronic pain patients.

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