Table 3.
New opioid users who transition to longer-term opioid use
Mood Disorder | No Mood Disorder | ||||
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n | Weighted %* | n | Weighted %* | p | |
For acute pain conditions | 72 | 11.7% | 137 | 5.3% | <0.01 |
Any fracture | 19 | 13.6% | 34 | 6.1% | 0.02 |
Tooth and jaw disorders | 13 | 7.6% | 18 | 3.0% | 0.03 |
Kidney stones | <10 | <10 | |||
Traumatic injury | 16 | 8.0% | 53 | 6.1% | 0.42 |
Sprains | 21 | 17.8% | 27 | 5.7% | <0.01 |
For chronic pain conditions | 244 | 36.8% | 366 | 19.9% | <0.01 |
Back pain | 122 | 41.4% | 150 | 19.2% | <0.01 |
Chronic joint pain | 108 | 36.2% | 176 | 22.7% | <0.01 |
Connective tissue disorders | 42 | 26.1% | 60 | 16.0% | 0.05 |
Headache and migraine | 20 | 27.7% | 20 | 16.6% | 0.14 |
Weighted percent of patients who received ≥3 prescriptions for the condition in consecutive survey periods among new opioid users for the given condition