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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Pain Physician. 2011 Jan-Feb;14(1):71–82.

Table 1. Opioid and nonopioid medication use and opioid-induced AEs observed at baseline or before study.

Patient Baseline Opioid* Reasons for Unsatisfactory Pain Relief at Baseline Pain Medications Reported at Baseline or Before Study
1 Morphine Decreased opioid efficacy
Unmanageable opioid-induced AEs (drowsiness)
Duloxetine, epidural steroids, methylphenidate, morphine, pregabalin
2 Morphine Decreased opioid efficacy Amitriptyline, clonazepam, duloxetine, IV lidocaine, methadone, milnacipran, morphine, pregabalin
3 Morphine Unmanageable opioid-induced AEs (constipation, drowsiness) Duloxetine, fentanyl patch, gabapentin, lidocaine patch, morphine
4 Oxycodone Unmanageable opioid-induced AEs (drowsiness) Bupropion, fentanyl patch, gabapentin, lidocaine patch, NSAID, venlafaxine, oxycodone
5 Morphine Decreased opioid efficacy
Unmanageable opioid-induced AEs (constipation, depression, nausea)
Doxepin, duloxetine, gabapentin, hydrocodone nerve block, morphine, pregabalin, trazodone, oxycodone
6 Oxycodone Unmanageable opioid-induced AEs (drowsiness, nausea) Duloxetine, fentanyl patch, gabapentin, hydrocodone, nerve block, NSAID, oxycodone, tramadol
7 Morphine Unmanageable opioid-induced AEs (constipation, drowsiness, nausea) Fentanyl patch, hydrocodone, methadone, nortriptyline, oxycodone, sertraline, topiramate, trazodone, venlafaxine, morphine
8 Oxycodone Decreased opioid efficacy Cyclobenzaprine, diazepam, fentanyl, methadone, morphine, nerve block, oxycodone, warfarin
9 Morphine Decreased opioid efficacy Duloxetine, fluoxetine, hydromorphone, methadone, NSAID, paroxetine, morphine
10 Morphine Decreased opioid efficacy
Unmanageable opioid-induced AEs (constipation, edema)
Epidural steroids, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, morphine, oxycodone, spinal cord stimulator, tramadol, trazodone
11 Oxycodone Unmanageable opioid-induced AEs (constipation, drowsiness) Duloxetine, gabapentin, methadone, nerve block, oxycodone
12 Morphine Decreased opioid efficacy
Unmanageable opioid-induced AEs (edema)
Methadone, morphine, nortriptyline, oxcarbazepine, oxycodone

AE = adverse event; IV = intravenous; NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

*

Baseline opioid is opioid taken by participant at enrollment.

Medications reported by participant as taken for pain control at baseline or at any time in the past before baseline. Opioid medications listed here include both those present at study baseline and those taken in the past but discontinued. No changes were made in the participants' nonopioid medications that were still being taken at study baseline.

Clinically interpreted as due to onset of opioid tolerance.