Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With Changes in Opioid Prescriptions or Pain Severity Among People Living With HIV and Chronic Pain.
Merlin JS, Long D, Becker WC, Cachay ER, Christopolous KA, Claborn KR, Crane HM, Edelman E, Lovejoy TI, Mathews WC, Morasco BJ, Napravnik S, OʼCleirigh C, Saag MS, Starrels JL, Gross R, Liebschutz JM. Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With Changes in Opioid Prescriptions or Pain Severity Among People Living With HIV and Chronic Pain. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2019, 81: 231-237. PMID: 30865181, PMCID: PMC6522289, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalgesics, OpioidChronic PainFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHIV InfectionsHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMarijuana SmokingMarijuana UseMedical MarijuanaMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOpioid-Related DisordersPrescription DrugsProspective StudiesSelf ReportSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsChronic painPain severityIndex visitOpioid useMultivariable binary logistic regression modelMarijuana useDiscontinuation of opioidsImproved pain outcomesMedian pain severityAIDS Research NetworkPrescription opioid usePrescribed opioid useIntegrated Clinical SystemsLogistic regression modelsBinary logistic regression modelOpioid discontinuationOpioid initiationOpioid prescribingOpioid prescriptionsPain outcomesClinical systemsHigher oddsLower oddsPainPLWH