Opioid Initiation in Older Patients with Chronic Pain Who Received Authorized Cannabis Prescription
Results suggest that opioid-naïve older patients with chronic pain, initiating medical cannabis, were at higher risk of opioid initiation in the year following cannabis prescription.
Authors
- Émilie Fontaine
- Arsène Zongo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8812-3088)
- Cerina Dubois (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6465-8686)
- Dean T. Eurich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2197-0463)
- Jihane El-Mourad
- Jason R.B. Dyck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7045-2884)
- John G. Hanlon
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- St Michael’s Hospital (IE)
- The Quebec Population Health Research Network (CA)
- St Michaels Hospital (GB)
- Université Laval (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2586250
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00