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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 24.
Published in final edited form as: Pain Med. 2008 Jun 18;9(8):1158–1163. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00475.x

Table 1.

Demographics, opioid medication tapering (in morphine mg equivalent units), and cold pressor task (CPT) scores

Sex Age Primary Diagnosis Admission Opioids (mg) Discharge Opioids (mg) Change Opioids (mg) Admission CPT (Second) Discharge CPT (Second) Change CPT (%)
M 47 Low back pain 5 5 0 5.4 7.8 +30.8
M 47 Low back pain 9 9 0 93.3 120.0 +22.2
M 42 CRPS 37 37 0 35.5 35.0 −1.4
F 57 CRPS 50 0 50 9.3 10.1 +7.9
F 42 Low back pain 120 0 120 14.4 13.6 −5.6
F 39 CRPS 150 0 150 7.5 9.5 +21.1
M 30 Failed back syndrome 285 0 285 28.2 15.0 −46.8
M 54 Migraine 400 30 370 11.3 10.5 −7.1
F 47 Cervicalgia 420 0 420 9.0 6.6 −73.3
F 59 Low back pain 238 0 238 24.3 14.4 −40.7
M 56 Low back pain 1,010 6 1,004 14.0 5.6 −60.0
M 55 Cervicalgia 1,250 15 1,235 37.9 18.9 −50.1

CRPS = complex regional pain syndrome.