Prescription Opioid Use in Patients With and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus — Michigan Lupus Epidemiology and Surveillance Program, 2014–2015 | MMWR

Prescription Opioid Use in Patients With and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus — Michigan Lupus Epidemiology and Surveillance Program, 2014–2015 | MMWR

MMWR Weekly (No. 38)
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Nearly one in three Michigan patients with lupus used prescription opioids for pain, despite lack of evidence that opioids help.

Prescription Opioid Use in Patients With and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus — Michigan Lupus Epidemiology and Surveillance Program, 2014–2015

Weekly / September 27, 2019 / 68(38);819–824

Emily C. Somers, PhD1,2,3; Jiha Lee, MD1; Afton L. Hassett, PsyD4; Suzanna M. Zick, ND5; Siobán D. Harlow, PhD6; Charles G. Helmick, MD7; Kamil E. Barbour, PhD7; Caroline Gordon, MD8; Chad M. Brummett, MD4; Deeba Minhas, MD1; Amrita Padda, MD1; Lu Wang, PhD9; W. Joseph McCune, MD1; Wendy Marder, MD1,3 (View author affiliations)