Opioid Prescription Patterns Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Rosh K V Sethi; Neelima Panth; Sidharth V Puram; Mark A Varvares

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2017.3343

Opioid Prescription Patterns Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Apr 1;144(4):382-383. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2017.3343.

Authors

Rosh K V Sethi^{1

2}, Neelima Panth³, Sidharth V Puram^{1

2}, Mark A Varvares^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston.
³ Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.

Abstract

This cross-sectional analysis quantifies the use of opioid analgesics among patients with head and neck cancer and compares this with use among patients with lung or colon cancer.

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Cancer Pain / prevention & control*
Case-Control Studies
Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / complications*
Humans
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid