TABLE 3.
Medication use (number of study days) by participants
| Pain, N = 547 n (%) |
Healthy, N = 566 n (%) |
Total, N = 1113 n (%) |
p* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSAID/Acetaminophen | 87 (15.9) | 22 (3.9) | 109 (9.8) | |
| Opioid | 37 (6.8) | 1 (0.1) | 38 (3.4) | |
| Other pain | 16 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 16 (1.9) | |
| Sleep | 32 (2.7) | 0 (0) | 32 (2.1) | |
| Antidepressant | 198 (36.2) | 0 (0) | 198 (17.8) | |
| Anticonvulsant | 238 (43.5) | 0 (0) | 238 (21.4) | |
| Benzodiazepine | 21 (5.9) | 0 (0) | 21 (2.9) | |
| Antihistamine | 15 (2.9) | 9 (1.6) | 24 (1.4) | |
| Any medication+ | 381 (69.7) | 24 (4.2) | 405 (36.4) | <0.001 |
N = total number of study days
*
chi-square test
+
number of days that any listed medication was used