The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 44-52 , January 2010

Predictors of Long-Term Opioid Use Among Patients With Painful Lumbar Spine Conditions

  • Erin E. Krebs

      Affiliations

    • Center on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice, Roudebush VA Medical Center; Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine; and Regenstrief Institute, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Erin E. Krebs, Roudebush VA (11H), 1481 W 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202.
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  • Jon D. Lurie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
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  • Gilbert Fanciullo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
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  • Tor D. Tosteson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
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  • Emily A. Blood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
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  • Timothy S. Carey

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • James N. Weinstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

Received 29 January 2009 ,Revised 4 May 2009 ,Accepted 28 May 2009.

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 Supported by grant U01-AR45444-01A1 from NIAMS and by the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health and NIOSH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr Krebs was supported by a VA HSR & D Research Career Development Award.

PII: S1526-5900(09)00569-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.05.007

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 44-52 , January 2010

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