2023
The Association of Prescribed Opioids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease
Sung M, Eden S, Becker W, Crystal S, Duncan M, Gordon K, Kerns R, Kundu S, Freiberg M, So-Armah K, Edelman E. The Association of Prescribed Opioids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease. Journal Of Pain 2023, 25: 104436. PMID: 38029949, PMCID: PMC11058015, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.11.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIncident cardiovascular diseaseModifiable CVD risk factorsCVD risk factorsHuman immunodeficiency virusCardiovascular diseasePrescribed opioidsOpioid receiptRisk factorsUse disordersCox proportional hazards regression modelVeterans Aging Cohort StudyVeterans Health Administration (VHA) carePropensity scoreProportional hazards regression modelsCVD incidence ratesPrescription opioid exposureIncident CVD eventsPrevalence of hypertensionAging Cohort StudyHigher opioid dosesOpioid use disorderHazards regression modelsNational prospective cohortVeterans Administration dataCocaine use disorder
2021
Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of gabapentin receipt with and without opioids among a national cohort of patients with HIV
Oldfield BJ, Li Y, Vickers-Smith R, Becker WC, Barry DT, Crystal S, Gordon KS, Kerns RD, Rentsch CT, Marshall BDL, Edelman EJ. Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of gabapentin receipt with and without opioids among a national cohort of patients with HIV. AIDS Care 2021, 34: 1053-1063. PMID: 34114904, PMCID: PMC8664891, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1939851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid useHigh dosesSelf-reported opioid useVeterans Aging Cohort StudyHigh-dose opioidsMean daily doseAging Cohort StudyHigh-dose benzodiazepinesNational prospective cohortOpioid doseOpioid receiptCohort studyFoot painProspective cohortDaily doseIndependent predictorsChronic painPain interferenceClinical variablesClinical correlatesNational cohortMultinomial logistic regressionPWHLogistic regressionOpioids