Chronic use of tramadol after acute pain episode: cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the risk of prolonged opioid use in patients receiving tramadol compared with other short acting opioids.

Design

Observational study of administrative claims data.

Setting

United States commercial and Medicare Advantage insurance claims (OptumLabs Data Warehouse) January 1, 2009 through June 30, 2018.

Participants

Opioid-naive patients undergoing elective surgery.

Main outcome measure

Risk of persistent opioid use after discharge for patients treated with tramadol alone compared with other short acting opioids, using three commonly used definitions of prolonged opioid use from the literature: additional opioid use (defined as at least one opioid fill 90-180 days after surgery); persistent opioid use (any span of opioid use starting

SUBMITTER: Thiels CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6514531 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature