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Andrea Strahan, Division of Overdose Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, S106-8, Atlanta, GA 30341, 404-498-0218, astrahan@cdc.gov

Author responsibilities were as follows: led the study design and interpretation of results (AES), assisted with the study design and interpretation of results (AES, CM, GFM, GPG), conducted data analysis (AES, GPG), drafted the manuscript (AES), edited the manuscript (CM, GFM, GPG), and approved the final manuscript as submitted (AES, CM, GFM, GPG).

The authors thank Christina Mikosz for assistance in adapting diagnosis and prescription medication lists.

No financial disclosures were reported by the authors of this paper.

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Keywords:

  • Ambulatory Care
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Chronic Pain
  • Humans
  • Prevalence

Prevalence of Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Therapies Among Noncancer Chronic Pain–Associated Ambulatory Care Visits, 2016

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Journal Title:

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volume:

Volume 59, Number 4

Publisher:

, Pages e175-e177

Type of Work:

Article | Post-print: After Peer Review

Abstract:

An estimated 20.4% of US adults had chronic pain in 2016.1 Opioids are often prescribed for treating chronic pain, but evidence suggests that benefits may be limited, while harms may include addiction, overdose, and death.2,3 The 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (CDC Guideline) recommends non-pharmacologic and non-opioid pharmacologic therapies as the preferred therapies for chronic pain.3 Prior research has examined opioid and non-opioid pharmacologic therapies,4 little is known about how non-pharmacologic therapies are utilized for chronic pain. This study examined the prevalence of non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic (opioid and non-opioid) therapies among ambulatory care visits with a non-cancer chronic pain associated primary diagnosis.

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